DePuy Ireland U-Shaped Femoral Implant Removal Tool
Summary
The USPTO issued Patent US12605256B2 to DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company on April 21, 2026. The patent covers a U-shaped femoral implant removal tool featuring a rectangular opening positioned over the implant neck and a sharpened front edge for cutting the stem interface. The filing (Application No. 18389795, filed December 20, 2023) contains 10 claims.
What changed
The USPTO granted Patent US12605256B2 to DePuy Ireland Unlimited Company, awarding exclusive proprietary rights to a U-shaped implant removal tool design. The tool features a substantially rectangular opening allowing placement over a femoral implant neck, with front side edges extending beyond the front edge to cut anterior and posterior surfaces of the implant.
Affected parties include DePuy Ireland, which gains enforceable intellectual property rights for this surgical device design. Competitors developing similar orthopedic implant extraction tools should evaluate potential infringement exposure. This grant does not impose compliance obligations on third parties — it is a property-right issuance event rather than a regulatory mandate.
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Implant removal tool
Grant US12605256B2 Kind: B2 Apr 21, 2026
Assignee
DEPUY IRELAND UNLIMITED COMPANY
Inventors
Jose S. Rivera, Jr.
Abstract
An implant removal tool used to remove a femoral implant from a femur bone by providing a substantially U-shaped body having a substantially rectangular-shaped opening located thereon that allows the substantially U-shaped body to be placed over a neck of a femoral implant so a sharpened front edge of the substantially U-shaped body makes direct contact with an inner surface of the stem of the femoral implant. The U-shaped body may have front side edges that extend beyond a front edge to allow the front side edges to cut anterior and posterior surface of the implant.
CPC Classifications
A61F 2002/4619 A61F 2/4607 A61F 2/4603 A61B 17/1664 A61B 17/155 A61B 17/1604 A61B 17/16 A61B 17/164 A61B 17/1668 A61B 17/1732
Filing Date
2023-12-20
Application No.
18389795
Claims
10
Parties
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