US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on May 5 for "Knee tensioner with digital force and displacement sensing" (Pennsylvania, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,460, issued on May 5, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Knee tensioner with digital force and displacement sensing" was invented by Samuel C. Dumpe (Beaver, Pa.), Branislav Jaramaz (Pittsburgh), Ryan Sheehan (Pittsburgh), Brian W. McKinnon (Arlington, Tenn.) and Daniel Farley (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tensioner tool for assessing joint laxity is disclosed. The tensioner tool comprises a pair of pivotally coupled arms, each arm comprising a proximal handle portion, a distal portion, and an ...