ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,516, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to AURORA MEDICAL Ltd. (Chichester, Great Britain).
"Implant" was invented by Andrew Clive Taylor (Chichester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a hinge joint implant (40) configured to fit in a joint cavity and which can comprise, when in situ, an at least hemi-spherocylindrical configuration, and further a hinge joint implant configured to fit in a joint cavity wherein the implant can extend around the sides of a joint component which may be a bone and/or cartilage. The invention further provides the use of a hinge joint implant according for treat...