US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on May 12 for "Devices and systems for assessing laxity in a joint" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,791, issued on May 12, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Devices and systems for assessing laxity in a joint" was invented by Suraj Rama (Pittsburgh), James Kromka (Monroeville, Pa.) and Samuel C. Dumpe (Sewickley, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for assessing laxity of a joint is disclosed. The device comprises a trial component comprising a base plate configured to couple to a tibia of the joint and a superior spacer coupled to the base plate. The base plate and the superior spacer define a cavity...