US Patent Issued to Stryker on Oct. 20 for "Augment delivery instrument and method of use" (Colorado, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,905, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

"Augment delivery instrument and method of use" was invented by Jeremy Ming Graul (Denver) and Mark Larson (Kalamazoo, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant delivery instrument may include a base support with a shaft and a jaw extending therefrom and a closed loop member including first and second lateral strips connected by an end strip attached to the jaw with the jaw extending into an opening of the closed loop. The closed loop may be deformable to temporarily create a gap between ends of the closed loop and jaw so that an implant may be inserted t...