US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Knee arthroplasty with modular femoral adapters" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,685, issued on June 16.

"Knee arthroplasty with modular femoral adapters" was invented by Stephen J. Incavo (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arthroplasty system may include a first prosthesis to be fixed to a first bone of a joint, a second prosthesis to be fixed to a second bone of the joint for articulation with the first prosthesis, and one or more adapters to be fixed to the first prosthesis for articulation with the second prosthesis to modify the stability of the second prosthesis relative to the first prosthesis. The system may include one or more articular inserts to be coupled to the second prosthesis for articulat...