ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,866, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to WALDEMAR LINK GMBH & Co. KG (Hamburg, Germany).
"Prostheses with flexible surface lamellas" was invented by Helmut D. Link (Hamburg, Germany) and Eckhard Bauer (Kiel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthesis or implant device for use in joint or bone repair, or restoration of function. The prosthesis or implant device comprises a stem, in which a portion of the stem comprises non-overlapping lamellas around part or all of the circumference of the stem. Each lamella is connected to the external surface of the stem via a bending joint, which permits the space between the rest of the ...