ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,080, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Indexable femoral neck resection guide" was invented by Jamie Atkin (Leeds, Great Britain), Sarah Bushell (Leeds, Great Britain) and Stephen Robinson (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a surgical device for performing a controlled resection of the neck of a femur during a hip replacement procedure. The surgical device comprises a template comprising an aperture dimensioned for receiving a femoral head of the femur, and a frame comprising a resection guide for indicating a resection plane on the femo...