ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,241, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).
"Device and method for producing hip spacers" was invented by Michael Schmitz (Wehrheim, Germany), Harald Grun (Messerich, Germany), Christian Kunkel (Marktheidenfeld, Germany) and Jochen Pohlmann (Marktheidenfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a casting mold for producing a hip joint spacer, which comprises a head element comprising an upper shell and a lower shell, optionally a neck element, and a stem element, which comprises an upper shell and a lower shell, wherein the casting mold has a latching element, and an up...