US Patent Issued to Heraeus Medical on June 2 for "Device and method for producing spacers" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,660, issued on June 2, was assigned to Heraeus Medical GmbH (Wehrheim, Germany).

"Device and method for producing spacers" was invented by Sebastian Vogt (Wehrheim, Germany) and Thomas Kluge (Wehrheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect relates to a device for producing a spacer having a stem mold which has an inner space, wherein the inner space is accessible via a proximal opening and wherein the stem mold has a proximal wall which peripherally delimits the proximal opening of the stem mold, a head mold which has in the interior thereof a hollow space, wherein the hollow space has a spherical surface-shaped inner surf...