ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,027, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Steensen Orthopedic Systems LLC (Hilliard, Ohio).

"Tibial dual stylus instrument having wide convex stylus tips and components thereof" was invented by Robert N. Steensen (Hilliard, Ohio), Brian R. Harris Jr. (Cordova, Tenn.) and Duy Q. Dang (Olive Branch, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instruments and components for improving the accuracy of resection of the proximal tibia in a kinematic alignment total knee arthroplasty ("TKA"). Instruments include an adjustable double tibial stylus instrument comprising: a first wide convex stylus tip and a second wide convex stylus tip at a second dis...