ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,469, issued on June 30, was assigned to DePuy Ireland UnLtd. Co. (Ringaskiddy, Ireland).
"Method of installing a knee cone augment in an orthopaedic surgical procedure" 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.), Wesley J. Gardner (Warsaw, Ind.), Stephanie Recker (Warsaw, Ind.) and Elizabeth Wiederhold (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. ...