Posts Tagged: "hip replacement"

The Evolution of Hip Replacements: A Patent History

Hip surgeries have been taking place for at least three hundreds years, and have progressed from rudimentary surgeries to the sophisticated total hip replacement (i.e., total hip arthroplasty or THA) surgeries that are so commonplace today. Nearly two weeks ago, on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Gene had a total right hip replacement, which went very well. With this in mind we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the evolution of hip replacement technology through the lens of issued U.S. patents.