US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Dec. 16 for "Hydraulic taper separator for orthopaedic implant systems and methods of disassembly" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,192, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Hydraulic taper separator for orthopaedic implant systems and methods of disassembly" was invented by Rudraksh Khosla (Naples, Fla.) and Jerry Sterrett (Bonita Springs, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to orthopaedic implant systems and methods for restoring functionality to a bone and/or joint. The implant systems disclosed herein may include a taper connection between components. A hydraulic actuation device may be utilized to separate the components at the taper connection. A method of disassembling orthopaedic components is also discl...