US Patent Issued to Apex Orthopedics Holdings on Nov. 11 for "Arcuate orthopedic distractor devices, systems, and methods for treating mid-foot disorders" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,494, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Apex Orthopedics Holdings LLC (Aurora, Colo.).

"Arcuate orthopedic distractor devices, systems, and methods for treating mid-foot disorders" was invented by Gregory C. Berlet (Westerville, Ohio), Stephen A. Brigido (Bethlehem, Pa.), Jeremy H. Morgan (Missoula, Mont.) and Murray J. Penner (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for surgical treatment of mid-foot disorders such as osteoarthritis, spacing disorders, or alignment disorders, including mid-foot arthroplasty devices and systems for the 2nd and 3rd tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint, implants for post-os...