US Patent Issued to The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research on May 20 for "Constrained acetabular liner" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,394, issued on May 20, was assigned to The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research (Manhasset, N.Y.).

"Constrained acetabular liner" was invented by Stanley Asnis (Port Washington, N.Y.) and Todd Goldstein (Albertson, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an acetabular cup liner for a total hip replacement (THR) prosthesis comprising an inner surface with a hemispherical portion having a radius of curvature. The hemispherical portion is disposed about a centerline and it intersects a hemisphere plane perpendicular to the centerline so that the intersection of the hemispherical portion and the plane define a circle h...