US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on June 23 for "Connection mechanisms for use with orthopedic instruments" (Tennessee, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,231, issued on June 23, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Connection mechanisms for use with orthopedic instruments" was invented by Aaron N. Little (Cordova, Tenn.), Jeffrey N. Yeager (Nesbit, Miss.), Tom J. Francis (Cordova, Tenn.), Jason S. Jordan (Hernando, Miss.) and Tedd Dixon (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Orthopedic systems, methods, and instrumentation for preforming knee arthroplasty. In some embodiments, the systems, methods, and instruments utilized improved quick connect mechanisms...