US Patent Issued to Knimble Designs on May 26 for "Methods and apparatuses for performing a knee arthroplasty" (California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,000, issued on May 26, was assigned to Knimble Designs Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Methods and apparatuses for performing a knee arthroplasty" was invented by Derek F. Amanatullah (Menlo Park, Calif.), Thomas Jefferson Blumenfeld (Davis, Calif.), Richard David Komistek (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Michael LaCour (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are disclosed for soft tissue balancing of a knee joint during an arthroplasty procedure that include balancing the knee joint at or near mid-flexion, while maintaining the rotational position of the femur with respect to the tibia that replicates proper kinematic ...