ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,528, issued on April 14, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Unicondylar balancer and method" was invented by Mathew Walkington (Elland, Great Britain) and Sheetal Sanak (Leeds, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unicondylar balancer (10) for knee surgery and a method of knee surgery. The balancer includes a first body portion (6) including a first jaw (2). The balancer also includes a second body portion (8) slideably attached to the first body portion, the second body portion comprising second jaw (4). The balancer further includes an adjustment mechanism selectively to distance the fi...