US Patent Issued to WALDEMAR LINK on Oct. 28 for "Joint implant for administering a pharmaceutical product" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,635, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to WALDEMAR LINK GmbH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Joint implant for administering a pharmaceutical product" 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: "A joint implant component (1, 1'; 101; 201) for administering a pharmaceutical product is disclosed, which comprises an implant shaft (10, 10'; 110; 210), a joint section (20, 20'; 120; 220) arranged at the proximal end of the implant shaft, a flush supply opening (3, 3'; 103; 203) and a backflush opening (4, 4'; 104; 204). At least one shaft flush channel (11, 11...