US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Oct. 6 for "Impactor" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,755, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Impactor" was invented by Ruben Doyle (Bramley, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed an orthopaedic impactor, comprising: a strike assembly arranged to impart a force to an object; and a winding arranged to receive a current and thereby generate a magnetic field. The winding is arranged to interact with the strike assembly so that, in use, a magnetic field generated by the winding causes the strike assembly to move so as to impart the force to the object."

The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/396,789.

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