ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,999, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LIMACORPORATE S.P.A. (Udine, Italy).
"Orthopedic impactor and extractor device" was invented by Christoph Fiedler (Diekhof, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an orthopedic impactor and extractor device (1) for an orthopaedic prosthesis (100), comprising a main body (2), a coupling rod (3) comprising a coupling end (7), an activation system (4) in the main body (2). The activation system (4) is associated with the coupling rod (3). The coupling end (7) is movably guided from an active position, in which the coupling end (7) is coupled to the orthopaedic prosth...