US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Dec. 2 for "Joint tensioning device and methods of use thereof" (Pennsylvania, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,891, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Joint tensioning device and methods of use thereof" was invented by Benjamin McCandless (Pittsburgh), Samuel C. Dumpe (Beaver, Pa.), Branislav Jaramaz (Pittsburgh) and Brian W. McKinnon (Arlington, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joint tensioning device and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The joint tensioning device includes a flexing arm and a loading arm having a tensioning tip and a loading tip, respectively, configured for insertion into ...