ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,324, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY LOUGHBEG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE (Co Cork, Ireland).
"Trial neck" was invented by David Horne (Leeds, Great Britain), Thomas Maack (Leeds, Great Britain), Jeffrey McAnelly (Columbia City, Ind.), Stephanie Prince (Leeds, Great Britain), James Aaron Reed (Warsaw, Ind.) and Duncan Young (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Kits and methods for use in intraoperative trialling of hip prostheses to determine an appropriate length for the femoral neck component of a prosthetic hip joint, are described. A kit for use in selecting a femoral neck component of an ort...