ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,066, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).
"Hollow sleeve augment device and tool" was invented by Eckhard Bauer (Kiel, Germany) and Helmut D. Link (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An augment device includes a hollow sleeve surrounding a channel extending through the hollow sleeve from a top to a bottom of the hollow sleeve, the hollow sleeve comprising a wall having an inner face and an outer face. The hollow sleeve includes at least one bending joint, the bending joint being configured for compressing the channel. Thereby the hollow sleeve may be compressed under an exter...