ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,859, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Eventum Orthopaedics Ltd. (London).
"Trial patella component kit" was invented by John Naybour (Ilkley, Great Britain) and Mark Clatworthy (Auckland, New Zealand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit for use in knee replacement surgery includes a trial patella component and a patella implant component. The trial patella component includes a backing plate having a backing surface for positioning against a patient's patella, and at least one sensor which can generate a signal corresponding to the compressive load applied to the trial patella component, and a first bearing plate which can be fitted...