US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on June 2 for "Combination drill guide and depth gauge surgical instrument for implanting an acetabular cup component and associated surgical method" (American, Swiss, British, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,541, issued on June 2, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Combination drill guide and depth gauge surgical instrument for implanting an acetabular cup component and associated surgical method" was invented by Justin D. Grostefon (Warsaw, Ind.), James K. Naylor (Greater Manchester, Great Britain), Brett M. DeBenedictis (East Bridgewater, Mass.), Karthikeyan Arumugam (Zuchwil, Switzerland), Kariyamapudi Gopinath (Chennai, India) and Kathiresan Ramu (Zuchwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination drill guide and depth gauge surgical instrument and associated method for use during a surgical ...