ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,007, issued on June 3, was assigned to JointMedica Ltd. (Hallow, Great Britain).
"Method for making prosthetic device" was invented by Roger Ashton (Warwick, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including fabricating a prosthesis core from UHMWPE; positioning the prosthesis core within a pressure vessel; filling the pressure vessel with titanium powder having a D50 particle size that is from 200 to 250 microns to a fill level of at least 110% of the height of the prosthesis core within the pressure vessel; sealing the pressure vessel by positioning a pressure plate in contact with the titanium powder; maintaining the ...