ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,964, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).

"Device and method for providing a bone cement paste" was invented by Sebastian Vogt (Wehrheim, Germany) and Thomas Kluge (Wehrheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing a bone cement paste from two starting components, comprising a mixing unit comprising a hollow cylindrical cartridge with an interior space, wherein a discharge piston axially movable in the interior space is arranged in the space, which piston divides the interior space into a proximal part of the interior space and a distal part of the interior space, wherein...