US Patent Issued to The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University (GZ Critical Pregnant Women Center) on Nov. 25 for "Preparation method of a hip joint bone cement placeholder" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,485, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to The Third Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University (GZ Critical Pregnant Women Center) (Guangdong, China).

"Preparation method of a hip joint bone cement placeholder" was invented by Yuanhui Li (Guangdong, China), Meilin Li (Guangdong, China) and Miandong Zeng (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a metal inner core, a placeholder and a preparation method for a hip joint bone cement placeholder. By designing the metal inner core including a frame body and a supporting portion inside the hip joint bone cement placeholder, the strength of the placeholder is enhan...