ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,664, issued on June 2, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Implants for adding joint inclination to a knee arthroplasty" was invented by Edward R. Yager (Fort Wayne, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one example, a bearing component for a knee arthroplasty is disclosed. The bearing component can optionally comprise any one or combination of: a medial compartment having an medial articular surface with a medial articular track and having a first thickness as measured at the medial articular track between the medial articular surface a medial distal surface; and a lateral compartment having a lateral articular su...