US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on May 13 for "Alignment guide apparatus, methods and systems" (Colorado, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,633, issued on May 13, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Alignment guide apparatus, methods and systems" was invented by Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.) and Thomas Sangiovanni (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses an alignment guide apparatus, system, and method. The alignment guide apparatus includes a body, a fixation insert, a guide pin, and a screw. The body may include an arm with a first end and a second end, an attachment portion at the first end, and an alignment portion at the second end. The fixation insert may be configured to pass through the attachment portion and the ...