US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. on Feb. 18 for "Metal-backed tibial component of an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of making the same" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,317, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Metal-backed tibial component of an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of making the same" was invented by Anthony J. Webb (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Nicholas A. Miltner (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Evan P. O'Mahony (Cork, Ireland), Fionnan A. Mcnamara (Rathvilly, Ireland), Edward P. Kavanagh (Mallow, Ireland) and Dustin N. Albert (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic implant includes a tibial component having a metal base with a polymer bearing molded thereto. A method for making a tibial component is also disclosed." ...