US Patent Issued to Zimmer on Nov. 4 for "Tibial prosthesis with tibial bearing component securing feature" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,502, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Tibial prosthesis with tibial bearing component securing feature" was invented by Brian D. Byrd (North Webster, Ind.), Kathleen Macke (Warsaw, Ind.), Dwight T. Todd (Fort Wayne, Ind.), James D. Wernle (Warsaw, Ind.), Vanessa Croll (Warsaw, Ind.), Jeff Blaylock (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Abraham P. Habegger (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one example, a tibial prosthesis that can include a tibial bearing component, tibial baseplate, an insert and a fastener. The tibial bearing component can have medial and lateral proximal articular surfaces and a...