US Patent Issued to Zimmer on July 21 for "Implant bearing removal guide" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,649, issued on July 21, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Implant bearing removal guide" was invented by Kevin Miller (Wakarusa, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drill guide for separation a bearing from a tray of an implant assembly can include a body, a collar, a first projection, a second projection, and a third projection. The body can be engageable with the bearing. The collar can be connected to the body and can define a guide bore configured to guide a drill bit into the bearing when the drill guide is engaged with the bearing. The first projection and the second projection can be engageable with a radially out...