US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. on April 22 for "Medial stabilized orthopaedic tibial insert" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,960, issued on April 22, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Medial stabilized orthopaedic tibial insert" was invented by Mark A. Heldreth (Warsaw, Ind.), Travis D. Bennett (Huntington, Ind.), Amitkumar M. Mane (South Whitley, Ind.), Michael J. Rock (Leeds, Great Britain), Thomas E. Wogoman (Warsaw, Ind.) and Stephen E. White (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial insert and a femoral component configured to articulate on the tibial insert. The tibial insert includes a lateral articular surface and medial articular surface that is asymmetrical...