ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,622, issued on May 27, was assigned to REMOVAID AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Implant removal method" was invented by Marte Bratlie (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for selecting a patient for an implant removal procedure, wherein the patient as a subcutaneously implanted rod and is in need of removal of said rod."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/794,046.

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