ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,013, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Just Medical Devices (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. (Tianjin, China).

"Zonal trabecula femoral condylar component containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method thereof" was invented by Lu Liu (Tianjin, China), Chaosheng Zhao (Tianjin, China), Fang Yin (Tianjin, China), Hongxiu Zhou (Tianjin, China) and Nian Liu (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a zonal trabecular femoral condylar component containing zirconium-niobium alloy with an oxidation layer and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method is as follows: using zirconiu...