US Patent Issued to Karl Leibinger Asset Management on June 30 for "Implantable mandibular joint prosthesis and corresponding production method" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,462, issued on June 30, was assigned to Karl Leibinger Asset Management GmbH & Co. KG (Muhlheim an der Donau, Germany).

"Implantable mandibular joint prosthesis and corresponding production method" was invented by Adem Aksu (VS-Schwenningen, Germany), Ralf Leibinger (Muhlheim/Donau, Germany), Frank Reinauer (Emmingen-Liptingen, Germany) and Tobias Wolfram (Dreieich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable mandibular joint prosthesis includes a first implant part that has an artificial condyle that can be attached to a lower jawbone, a second implant part that has a joint surface that can be attached to a cranium and tha...