US Patent Issued on Sept. 23 for "Syndesmosis reduction device and method of use" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,773, issued on Sept. 23.

"Syndesmosis reduction device and method of use" was invented by Daniel Robert Schlatterer (Dunwoody, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved syndesmosis reduction device has a wrap of elastic material extending a length L from a first end to a second end with an open window or slot positioned in an intermediate portion of the wrap spaced from the ends. The wrap is configured to achieve a reduction of an injured ankle and is facilitated by the elastic nature of the ankle wrap. The reduction is facilitated by circumferentially wrapping the wrap from a leg to a foot or vice versa in a compressive fashio...