US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Oct. 14 for "Methods and systems for implanting a joint implant" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,280, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Methods and systems for implanting a joint implant" was invented by Sied W. Janna (Memphis, Tenn.) and John Rose (Collierville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for treating osteochondral defects (OCDs) are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems include collecting joint surface data using image-free methods, generating a three-dimensional (3D) healthy bone model based on the joint surface data and a database of he...