ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,540, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Innovative Medical Products Inc. (Plainville, Conn.).
"Unicompartmental knee positioner" was invented by Alexander Rosenstein (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Scott Albino (Southington, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a patient positioner and, more specifically, to an articulated armature configured to position a leg and knee at a precise angle, as needed in unicompartmental knee arthroplasty surgery. The positioner is adapted to connect to either side rail of a support table, without changing orientation, via drop pins disposed in a socket clamp. The socket clamp may ...