US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew on Aug. 12 for "Anatomical motion hinged prosthesis" (Mississippi, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,405, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Anatomical motion hinged prosthesis" was invented by Roger Ryan Dees Jr. (Senatobia, Miss.), Paul Charles Crabtree Jr. (Nesbit, Miss.) and Jonathan Kirk Nielsen (Dana Point, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged knee prosthesis comprises a tibial component and a femoral component. The tibial component is configured to attach to a tibia. The tibial component has a bearing surface. The femoral component is configured to hingedly attach to the tibial component and rotate relative to the tibial component. The femoral component comprises a medial condy...