US Patent Issued to WALDEMAR LINK on July 21 for "Implant component assembly" (German, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,642, issued on July 21, was assigned to WALDEMAR LINK GMBH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).

"Implant component assembly" was invented by Paolo Dalla Pria (Udine, Italy), Angelika Harndt (Berlin) and Alexander Etringer (Norderstedt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an implant component assembly for a joint replacement. The assembly comprises an implant component, the implant component including an interface part for attaching another implant component and an assembly channel. The assembly further comprises an assembly screw for securing the other implant component to the implant component, the assembl...