ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,396, issued on May 20, was assigned to ZKR Orthopedics Inc. (Kentfield, Calif.).
"Adjustable patellar tendon realignment implant" was invented by Damien Shulock (San Francisco), Jeffrey Halbrecht (San Francisco), John Barrett (San Francisco) and Katherine J. Stephenson (Belmont, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic implant with an inferior portion having a tibia contact surface configured to extend over a tibia; a superior portion opposite to the inferior portion having a tendon contact surface configured to change a position of a patellar tendon by lifting or tilting the patellar tendon when the curved surface of the ...