US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on March 25 for "Intramedullary nail fixation guides, devices, and methods of use" (Colorado, Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,949, issued on March 25, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Intramedullary nail fixation guides, devices, and methods of use" was invented by Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.), Frank Bono (Castle Rock, Colo.), Michael Houghton (Fort Collins, Colo.), Thomas Sangiovanni (Miami), James T. Clancy (Atlantis, Fla.) and Thomas Chang (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fixation guide devices and methods for positioning and inserting an intramedullary nail are disclosed. The fixation guide devices include a frame with a first end and a second end, a compression device removably coupled to the first end of the...