US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on Aug. 5 for "Apparatus and method for locking an acetabular liner to an acetabular cup" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,964, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Apparatus and method for locking an acetabular liner to an acetabular cup" was invented by Ryan C. Keefer (Warsaw, Ind.) and Alena M. Brandewie (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic implant includes an acetabular bearing and an acetabular shell component. The bearing includes a convex outer surface having a hemispherical surface, a curved lead-in surface, a flat flange surface, a curved relief surface, and a flat tapered surface. The curved relief surface extends inward relative to the flat tapered surface, and the flat flang...