US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Nov. 4 for "Instruments and methods for complete plantar plate repairs" (Colorado, Illinois, Florida, Idaho, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,334, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Instruments and methods for complete plantar plate repairs" was invented by Michael J. Coughlin (Boise, Idaho), Lowell F. Weil Jr. (Des Plaines, Ill.), Paul S. Shurnas (Lafayette, Colo.), Jesse G. Moore (Frisco, Texas) and William Michael Karnes (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical repair systems and techniques for plantar plate repairs. The surgical repair systems and methods reconstruct the plantar plate through a dorsal incision. The surgical repair system embodies a variety of instruments that provide visualization and access to the plantar plate...