ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,055, issued on July 29, was assigned to ARTHROSURFACE Inc. (West Bridgewater, Mass.).
"Multicomponent articular surface implant" was invented by Steven W. Ek (Durham, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multicomponent implant system includes a multicomponent implant comprising a base plate and a load plate. The base plate includes a bone facing surface and a base plate interface surface. The load plate includes a load plate interface surface and a load bearing surface, the load bearing surface being substantially parallel to the load plate interface surface and having a contour substantially corresponding to a contour of a removed ...