US Patent Issued to JIFFY KNEE on Jan. 13 for "Method of soft tissue preservation during knee replacement surgery" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,129, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to JIFFY KNEE LLC (Suffolk, Va.).

"Method of soft tissue preservation during knee replacement surgery" was invented by Manish A. Patel (Suffolk, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical method that preserves soft tissue is provided. A medial oblique incision is performed in a patient's knee so that the knee's vastus medialis obliques (VMO) muscle and quadriceps tendon remain intact and uncut. The VMO muscle is then retracted to expose the knee's distal femur. The knee's distal femur may then be repaired as the in-tact VMO muscle is retracted."

The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2024, under App...