Richard Lane Joynt OBE (18 May 1866[1] - 8 April 1928) was an Irish orthopaedic surgeon, metallurgist, who pioneered the use of x-rays.
Lane Joynt attended the Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh and entered Trinity College Dublin, graduating with an LM diploma in 1889 and MB, BCh, BAO in 1890.
In his own workshop, he created surgical instruments for procedures such as skin grafts, which were used in Meath Hospital by Lane Joynt and colleagues.
During World War I, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps as a lieutenant-colonel, and was an active member of the Red Cross.
[2][5] He died at his home, 84 Harcourt Street, Dublin, on 8 April 1928, and is buried in St John's churchyard, Limerick.