US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on June 2 for "Lateralized dual-mobility assembly" (Mississippi, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,662, issued on June 2, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Lateralized dual-mobility assembly" was invented by David W. Rister (Nesbit, Miss.), Stephen J. Lee (Memphis, Tenn.) and Jeffrey Lee (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular acetabular cup assembly includes an acetabular cup, and a liner seated in the cup. The cup includes an end face, an apex opposite the end face, and a central axis extending between the apex and a center point of the end face. The liner includes an articular surface having a center of rotation which defines a pivot point of the acetabular cup assembly. In certain embodimen...