ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,998, issued on March 25, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Algorithm-based optimization for knee arthroplasty procedures" was invented by Brian W. McKinnon (Arlington, Tenn.), Ruxandra Cristiana Marinescu Tanasoca (Memphis, Tenn.), Randy C. Winebarger (Southaven, Miss.), William L. Bowers Jr. (Southaven, Miss.), James Bennett Wiebe III (Coldwater, Miss.), Nathaniel Milton Lenz (Germantown, Tenn.), Zachary Christopher Wilkinson (Germantown, Tenn.), Sean M. Haddock (Germantown, Tenn.), Ryan Lloyd Landon (Olive Branch, Miss.), Constantinos Nikou (Monroeville,...