ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,925, issued on July 29, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).
"Folding surgical guide and methods of repair" was invented by James Tyler Clevett (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Nicholas Clement Mealey (Marshallville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to surgical devices and methods. The disclosed surgical device and method may be used to resect, cut or otherwise remove tissue during an orthopaedic procedure. The surgical device may be reconfigured to reduce a size of the surgical device during placement in the patient."
The patent was filed on Jan. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/155,136.
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