US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on May 20 for "Distractors having attachable paddles, impaction devices, and methods for use in total ankle replacement" (Colorado, Texas, Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,138, issued on May 20, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Distractors having attachable paddles, impaction devices, and methods for use in total ankle replacement" was invented by Mark Ray Dalton (Austin, Texas), Jeffrey Christensen (Everett, Wash.), Aaron Kannard (Los Angeles), Daniel J. Lee (Denver) and Joseph Dogue (Aurora, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distractor system for use in a joint between two bone surfaces of an anatomical structure includes, for example, distractor and at least one detachable tool comprising a body having a proximal portion and a distal portion, said proximal portion being rele...