ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,857, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Alignment guide" was invented by Gary Moore (Wetherby, Great Britain), Alec Birkbeck (Leeds, Great Britain), Christopher Hunt (Leeds, Great Britain), Richard Patnelli (Leeds, Great Britain), David Horne (Leeds, Great Britain) and Henry Prout (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic joint prosthesis assembly includes a head part of an orthopaedic joint prosthesis component and an alignment guide. The head part has a spherical bearing surface for articulation with a corresponding joint surface, and an assembly surf...