US Patent Issued to IMEDICOM on July 14 for "Acetabular cup removal device for artificial hip joints" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,299, issued on July 14, was assigned to IMEDICOM Co. LTD. (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

"Acetabular cup removal device for artificial hip joints" was invented by Don Soo Ju (Gunpo-si, South Korea), Byoung Ju Lee (Gunpo-si, South Korea) and Tae San Kim (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The acetabular cup removal device for artificial hip joints according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a main shaft and a cutter section that cuts the acetabular region while being rotated by the main shaft. The cutter section includes a cutter tilting unit capable of tilting along the acetabular region around an imagin...