ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,486, issued on April 14, was assigned to ZIMMER INC..
"Glenoid implant surgery using patient specific instrumentation" was invented by Pierre Couture (Montreal), Jean-Sebastien Merette (Mont-St-Hilaire, Canada), Alain Richard (Lachine, Canada), Jean-Guillaume Abiven (Montreal) and Thomas Gourgon (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pin placement instrument for placing a pin in a bone comprises an anatomical interface with a hook-like portion being opened in a lateral direction of the instrument to receive a bone therein in a planned position. A drill guide is connected to the anatomical interface and defining at least one guid...