US Patent Issued to MICROPORT ORTHOPEDICS HOLDINGS on Dec. 30 for "Orthopedic surgical guide" (Florida, California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,039, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MICROPORT ORTHOPEDICS HOLDINGS INC. (Tiel, Netherlands).

"Orthopedic surgical guide" was invented by Paul Stemniski (Memphis, Tenn.), Richard Obert (Poway, Calif.) and Sarah Lynne Brownhill (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes an body extending from a proximal end to a distal end. The distal end of the body defines a notch sized and configured to receive a reamer. A coupling assembly is supported by the body and includes a reamer guide body disposed at the distal end of the body. The reamer guide body configured to move between a first position and a second p...