US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on Dec. 16 for "Orthopaedic implant system with bone conserving features" (California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,194, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Orthopaedic implant system with bone conserving features" was invented by Stephen E. White (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and William J. Maloney (Palo Alto, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tibial insert includes an articular surface and a bottom surface opposite the articular surface. The bottom surface includes one or more bone-conserving features. In some embodiments, the bottom surface may be curved to match a curvature of the articular surface such that a thickness of the tibial insert is relatively constant. In other embodiments, the bottom sur...