ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,562, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Systems and methods for knee arthroplasty" was invented by Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia), Timothy J. Blackwell (Ft. Pierce, Fla.), Khiem Pham (Chalfont, Pa.), Hayden Cameron (Philadelphia), David Stumpo (Collegeville, Pa.), Szymon Kostrzewski (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Daniel Gehriger (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tibial implant for knee arthroplasty includes a tibial plate, a tibial keel, and at least one anchoring projection. The tibial plate is sized and shaped for placement on a proximal end of a tibia of a patient. The tibia...