US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on April 14 for "Patella bone plate systems" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,417, issued on April 14, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Patella bone plate systems" was invented by Charles R. Bennett (Memphis, Tenn.) and Gabriel E. Rapalo (Arlington, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are examples of a patella bone plate. In some examples, the patella bone plates may include a contoured body with a longitudinal axis, and with a radius of curvature, a plurality of contoured arms and extending superiorly from the contoured body, the plurality of contoured arms spaced apart fr...