US Patent Issued to Heraeus Medical on April 29 for "Augmentation device, augmentation system, and implantation method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,338, issued on April 29, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).

"Augmentation device, augmentation system, and implantation method" was invented by Sebastian Vogt (Wehrheim, Germany) and Thomas Kluge (Wehrheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect relates to an augmentation device comprising an annular cone surrounding a channel extending through the cone from a proximal cone end to a distal cone end of the cone. One aspect further relates to an augmentation system comprising such an augmentation device and an applicator, as well as an implantation method of an augmentation device using such an augmenta...