ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,497, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Implant removal tool" was invented by Jose S. Rivera Jr. (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant removal tool (1) used to remove a femoral implant (17) from a femur bone (18) by providing a substantially U-shaped body (2) having a substantially rectangular-shaped opening (9) located thereon that allows the substantially U-shaped body to be placed over a neck (21) of a femoral implant so a sharpened front edge (5) of the substantially U-shaped body makes direct contact with an inner surface of the stern of the femoral implant....