ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,083, issued on April 7, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Universal broach system for humeral implants" was invented by Cody Johnathon Holmes (Warsaw, Ind.), Michael Mueller (Warsaw, Ind.) and Steven E. Stump (Goshen, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A broach for preparing bone for receiving an anchor for a prosthesis comprises a body comprising a superior surface and a socket extending into the superior surface, and an anchoring component extending from the body comprising a spoke extending laterally from the body and a spoke tip extending proximally from the spoke above the superior surface. A system can comprise a di...