US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. on Nov. 25 for "Modular tibial cone augments and method of surgically using the same" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,477, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Modular tibial cone augments and method of surgically using the same" was invented by Lindsay L. Gilson (Columbia City, Ind.), Anthony J. Webb (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Craig S. Tsukayama (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configured for use in preparing the bones of the patient's knee to receive the implants. A ...