ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,723, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Eventum Orthopaedics Ltd. (Redvers Close, Great Britain).
"Assembly for use in knee surgery" was invented by John Naybour (Redvers Close, Great Britain), Paul Atherton (Redvers Close, Great Britain) and Jonathan Gonzalez (Redvers Close, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for use in knee surgery includes a patella sensor component having a backing plate and a sensor which generates a signal corresponding to compressive load applied to the backing plate, and shims providing a patella bearing surface for articulation against a surface on the femur, and positionable to define po...