ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,029, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Fixation device for unicondylar prosthesis" was invented by Christine Perrone (Warwick, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tibial component includes a baseplate component that has an articular side and a bone contact side opposite the articular side. A peg extends from the bone contact side such that an acute angle is formed between a longitudinal axis of the peg and the bone contact side of the baseplate component. The peg includes a distal tip, an anterior portion, and a posterior portion. The distal tip defines a first radius of curvature, the ...