ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,170, issued on April 21, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Femoral head restoration" was invented by Jason Naylor (Leeds, Great Britain) and Caroline Wither (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument and method for assessing restoration of the femoral head centre is provided. The instrument comprising: a body having a first connector for attaching the body to a femoral part, and wherein the body defines a plurality of apertures therein, wherein each aperture corresponds to a respective femoral head centre arising from a respective corresponding femoral neck; and a g...