US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. on April 15 for "Ceramic acetabular shell liners with augments" (British, Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,623, issued on April 15, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Ceramic acetabular shell liners with augments" was invented by Lewis Butler (Leeds, Great Britain), Ian J. Flatters (Sheffield, Great Britain), Andrew W. Donn (Vancouver, Canada) and Alena M. Brandewie (Versailles, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acetabular prosthesis for use in a hip arthroplasty surgical procedure is disclosed. The acetabular prosthesis includes a ceramic acetabular shell liner component configured to be secured to an acetabular shell component. The acetabular prosthesis also includes a metal ring affixed to and enc...