ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,258, issued on April 21, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Hip arthroplasty implants" was invented by John Loiacono (Collegeville, Pa.), Kenny Chen (Philadelphia) and Pasquale Petrera (Salisbury, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and method of removing a liner attached to an implanted acetabular shell. A surgical site is accessed where the acetabular shell has already been implanted into a patient. A rim plate having a through opening is placed over the acetabular shell. A pilot hole is then drilled into the attached liner through the opening in the placed rim plate. After the drilling, the rim plate is...