US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Hip joint device and method" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,683, issued on June 16.

"Hip joint device and method" was invented by Peter Forsell (Bouveret, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for implantating a medical device in a hip joint of a patient is provided. The medical device is adapted to be fixated to the pelvic bone of the patient, and comprises an inner and an outer surface, a contacting portion of the inner surface is spherical and adapted to face the center of the hip joint when said medical device is implanted, and said medical device is adapted to receive a caput femur or a prosthetic caput femur having a spherical portion. The medical device comprises at least...