US Patent Issued to WALDEMAR LINK on Oct. 14 for "Implant for reconstructing an acetabulum and at least part of a pelvic structure" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,342, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Implant for reconstructing an acetabulum and at least part of a pelvic structure" was invented by Helmut D. Link (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an implant for reconstructing an acetabulum and at least part of a pelvic structure. To this end, the implant comprises a frame structure embodied by at least one first profile element for transferring joint forces, a joint section which forms at least part of an artificial acetabulum, at least two attachment sections for attaching the implant to bone tissu...