ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,956, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).
"Casting mold for finger joint spacers" was invented by Sebastian Vogt (Wehrheim, Germany), Thomas Kluge (Wehrheim, Germany) and Roman Nassut (Wehrheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device for producing spacers, which comprises a lower part and an upper part, wherein the lower part can be connected to the upper part, and wherein the lower part comprises a first mold cavity, and the upper part comprises a second mold cavity, wherein the first mold cavity is configured to jointly form a hollow space together with the s...