ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,009, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to INVIBIO KNEES Ltd. (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain).
"Surgical implant" was invented by Adam Briscoe (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain), Paul Campbell (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain), Harry Gaze (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain) and Ian Revie (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a surgical implant (100) comprising an implant body (101) comprising a polyaryletherketone polymer material and a radio-opaque marker (107) seated with an interference fit in a bore formed in the body. The surgical implant may be manufactured by forming the...