ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,932, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to RADLEY SCIENTIFIC Ltd. (South Devon, Great Britain).
"Orthopaedic cement removal tools" was invented by Sean Martin Badcott (Devon, Great Britain) and Stephen Michael Radley Young (Devon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonically-vibratable surgical tool for cement removal in revision arthroplasty, comprises an elongate solid shaft. This can be mounted at its proximal end to a source of ultrasonic vibrations, so that the shaft acts as a waveguide for propagation of the ultrasonic vibrations. The shaft has at its distal end an operative head to act on the cement. An intermed...