ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,239, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Conical patella resurfacing" was invented by Geoff Westrich (New York) and Gokce Yildirim (Weehawken, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are patellar implants and methods to prepare bone for receiving the same. The patellar implant may include an articulating surface and an anterior surface with a non-planar surface to engage with a resected patella. The non-planar surface may include a conically shaped portion to receive the resected patellar bone. A method for resurfacing a patella to implant a patellar implant having a recessed ant...