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US 1,134,862 · App. 29/970,496 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Humeral implant

Inventors: Kevin P. Knox (Fort Wayne, IN); Austin Wyatt Mutchler (Warsaw, IN); Shawn M. Gargac (Fort Wayne, IN); Alexander Paul Wolfe (Fort Wayne, IN); David R. Stump (Columbia City, IN)
Assignee: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
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Patent No.
US 1,134,862
App. No.
29/970,496
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for a humeral implant, as shown and described.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2024
From: KNOX, KEVIN P.; MUTCHLER, AUSTIN WYATT; GARGAC, SHAWN M.; WOLFE, ALEXANDER PAUL; STUMP, DAVID R.
To: TORNIER, INC.
Reel/Frame 069054/0412 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 29, 2024
From: TORNIER, INC.
To: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 069269/0060 →
Continuity (3)
Division 29871678 · Feb 24, 2023
Division 29790064 · Nov 3, 2021
Division 29729987 · Mar 31, 2020
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