US Patent Issued to MATORTHO on July 28 for "Revision-implant receiver, an implant anchor and method of use thereof" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,971, issued on July 28, was assigned to MATORTHO Ltd. (Surrey, Great Britain).

"Revision-implant receiver, an implant anchor and method of use thereof" was invented by Charles Jonas Ambrose Cullum (Surrey, Great Britain) and Simon Nicholas Collins (Surrey, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A revision-implant receiver (18) is provided for supporting an implant (20) of a revision joint replacement (10). The revision-implant receiver (18) comprises a first receiver element (22) and a second receiver element (24). The first receiver element (22) and the second receiver element (24) are engaged with each other via a hinge eleme...