ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,423, issued on April 14, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).
"Apparatus for pressing out bone cement, use and system" was invented by Sebastian Vogt (Wehrheim, Germany) and Thomas Kluge (Wehrheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for pressing out bone cement from a cartridge, to a use of the apparatus, and to a system for pressing out bone cement. An apparatus for pressing out bone cement from a cartridge comprises a threaded rod with an external thread, a handle for rotating the threaded rod, and an adapter unit for mechanically connecting to a cartridge for bone cement. The adapter unit has...