ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,350, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Just Medical Devices (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. (Tianjin, China).

"Zonal trabecular uni-compartmental tibial plateau containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method thereof" was invented by Nian Liu (Tianjin, China), Li Li (Tianjin, China), Xiankang Wang (Tianjin, China), Yu Cao (Tianjin, China), You Yang (Tianjin, China) and Hongxiu Zhou (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a zonal trabecular uni-compartmental tibial plateau containing zirconium-niobium alloy on oxidation layer and preparation method, including following steps: usi...