US Patent Issued to Zimmer on June 30 for "Femoral prostheses with upsizing and downsizing capabilities" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,463, issued on June 30, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Femoral prostheses with upsizing and downsizing capabilities" was invented by Vanessa Croll (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one example, a femoral prosthesis system is provided that has a plurality of sizing options using two families of femoral prostheses is disclosed. The second family of femoral prostheses can have a predetermined increase in femoral posterior condylar offset relative to the first family of femoral prosthesis. In one example, the second family of femoral prostheses can have the predetermined increase in the femoral poste...