ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,391, issued on May 20, was assigned to WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).
"Hip joint implant with reshapeable fastening brackets" was invented by Helmut D. Link (Hamburg, Germany) and Hans-Joachim Fischer (Norderstedt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hip joint implant for fastening to a pelvic bone (9), with a support body which has a socket (6) and whose convex outer face is designed to bear on the pelvic bone (9) and which, on its concave inner face, has a receiving seat for a pelvis-side bearing that is designed to receive a joint head of a femoral component of a hip prosthesis, and with outwardly directed flat...