US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG SMITH, NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on March 18 for "Total ankle replacement prosthesis" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,315, issued on March 18, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG SMITH (Zug, Switzerland) and NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE Ltd. (Singapore).

"Total ankle replacement prosthesis" was invented by Lance Terrill (Oviedo, Fla.), Shawn Roman (Oviedo, Fla.), Timothy R. Daniels (Toronto), Christopher F. Hyer (Columbus, Ohio), Selene G. Parekh (Cary, N.C.) and David I. Pedowitz (Penn Valley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A total ankle replacement prosthesis may comprise a tibial implant, a talar implant, and an intermediate implant. The intermediate implant may fixedly attach to the tibial implant...