US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on July 15 for "Impaction instrument for implanting an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of using the same" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,470, issued on July 15, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Impaction instrument for implanting an orthopaedic knee prosthesis and associated method of using the same" was invented by Aaron J. Matyas (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Benjamin R. Powers (Columbia City, Ind.) and Alasdair J. J. Mercer (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic surgical instrument for use during a surgical procedure to implant a tibial tray into a surgically-prepared proximal end of a tibia and a femoral component into a surgically-prepared distal end of a femur is disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a me...