US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY LOUGHBEG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE on Sept. 8 for "Unicondylar cutting block" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,890, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY LOUGHBEG INDUSTRIAL ESTATE (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Unicondylar cutting block" was invented by Sarah Radcliffe (Leeds, Great Britain), Sheetal Sanak (Leeds, Great Britain), David Wolfson (Leeds, Great Britain), James Barnett (Leeds, Great Britain), Daniel Hoeffel (Warsaw, Ind.), Kevin Amesbury (Leeds, Great Britain), Robert Freeman (Leeds, Great Britain) and Mark Reason (Leeds, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unicondylar posterior cutting block, method of use and kit of surgical components are provided, with the cutting block comprising: a base which ...