US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on Oct. 27 for "Orthopaedic surgical clamp instruments for taper locking the components of a hip prosthesis during a hip replacement surgical procedure and method of using the same" (New Zealander, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,324, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Orthopaedic surgical clamp instruments for taper locking the components of a hip prosthesis during a hip replacement surgical procedure and method of using the same" was invented by Neil C. Woollen (Lincolnshire, Great Britain) and Caroline M. Wither (Christchurch, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic surgical instrument assembly operable to taper lock orthopaedic components to one another includes a taper assembly instrument having a handle with a draw rod extending therethrough so as to be slidable relative to the handle a...