ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,645, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Trial neck and method" was invented by Francisco Amaral (Acushnet, Mass.), Alec Birkbeck (Leeds, Great Britain), Philippa Clarkson (Leeds, Great Britain), Graeme Dutton (Burnley, Great Britain), Natasha Fell (Penrith, Great Britain), Caroline Wither (Leeds, Great Britain) and Neil Woollen (Bradford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trial neck for hip surgery and a method of attaching a trial neck to a femoral canal implement. The trial neck includes a body portion including a bore for receiving a proximal end of a femoral canal...