US Patent Issued to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. on Nov. 11 for "Orthopaedic system with insert having a post for medial pivoting of a femoral component" (California, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,493, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Orthopaedic system with insert having a post for medial pivoting of a femoral component" 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: "An orthopaedic system includes a tibial insert and a femoral component configured to articulate on the tibial insert. The tibial insert includes a pair of articular surfaces spaced apart by a post. The femoral component includes a pair of femoral condyles spaced apart by a notch in which a cam is located. During flexion, the cam of the...