ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,214, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to JointMedica Ltd. (Hallow, Great Britain).
"Prosthetic device" was invented by Roger Ashton (Warwick, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthesis including a UHMWPE core and a coating, wherein the core is a cup-shaped core having a concave first side and a convex second side, wherein the UHMWPE has a weight average molecular weight that is from 2x106 to 3x106 grams per mole. The core has a tensile strength that is from 35 to 50 MPa. The coating layer coats the second side of the core. The coating includes titanium powder having a D50 particle size of from 200 to 250 microns. The coat...