ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,233, issued on Feb. 24.
"Apparatus and method for removal of acetabular cup with minimal bone loss" was invented by Adam Harris (San Antonio) and Evan Harris (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acetabular cup removal device and method. The removal device can include a mounting ring attachable to an acetabular cup, a rotor rotatably coupled to the mounting ring and rotatable about a first axis, an arm pivotably coupled to the rotor and pivotable about a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, an oscillator assembly slidably disposed in a first slit of the arm, and a blade slidably disposed in a second slit of the arm. A r...