US Patent Issued to Stephen Patrick Morrisey on Aug. 5 for "Hip arthroplasty trial systems and associated medical devices, methods, and kits" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,974, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Stephen Patrick Morrisey (Houston).

"Hip arthroplasty trial systems and associated medical devices, methods, and kits" was invented by Stephen Patrick Morrisey (Houston) and Robert James Jones (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hip arthroplasty trial systems and associated medical devices, methods, and kits are described that can be utilized in situ to complete a femoral head trial. An example embodiment of a hip arthroplasty trial system includes a medical device and a femoral stem. The medical device has a head member, a spacer, a shaft, and a locking member. The spacer is dispos...