US Patent Issued to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. on July 28 for "Trial extractor of an orthopaedic surgical system and method of using the same" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,988, issued on July 28, was assigned to DEPUY IRELAND UNLtd. COMPANY (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).

"Trial extractor of an orthopaedic surgical system and method of using the same" was invented by Anthony J. Webb (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Lindsay L. Gilson (Columbia City, Ind.), Jeremiah M. Lewis (Warsaw, Ind.), Matthew D. Schmit (Columbia City, Ind.) and Wesley J. Gardner (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic joint replacement system is shown and described. The system includes a number of prosthetic components configured to be implanted into a patient's knee. The system also includes a number of surgical instruments configu...