ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,561, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Aesculap AG (Tuttlingen, Germany).
"Patella trial implant" was invented by Christophe Girouard (Sarcicourt, France) and Said Moussa (Chamarandes-Choignes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patella trial implant includes: (1) a fixation member having a longitudinal axis extending between a posterior portion and an anterior portion, the anterior portion being configured for fixation to a resected patella, and (2) a patella component having a posterior articular surface configured to articulate with a femoral surface and having an anterior contact surface configured to contact the resected p...