ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,021, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Prosthesis extraction system" was invented by Jamie Atkin (Sheffield, Great Britain), Graeme Dutton (Burnley, Great Britain) and Gary Moore (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device (2) for extraction of a prosthetic component from a patient during surgery. The surgical device comprises a first component (8) having a female coupling portion at a first end, and a second end configured to be connected to one of a prosthetic component or a surgical extraction instrument. The first component further includes a retain...