US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Feb. 17 for "Tibial implant with improved anterior load transfer" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,346, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Tibial implant with improved anterior load transfer" was invented by Roger R. Dees Jr. (Drummonds, Tenn.), Forrest A. James (Oakland, Tenn.) and Matthew J. Quick (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knee prosthesis (e.g., a tibial implant or component) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the tibial implant includes a load bearing component (e.g., a tibial tray) and a support member arranged and configured to be at least partially positioned wit...