US Patent Issued to Treace Medical Concepts on Nov. 25 for "Compressor-distractor for angularly realigning bone portions" (Florida, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,406, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Treace Medical Concepts Inc. (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).

"Compressor-distractor for angularly realigning bone portions" was invented by John T. Treace (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Joe W. Ferguson (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Carlos Eduardo Gil (Memphis, Tenn.) and Sean F. Scanlan (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor-distractor device may be used during a surgical procedure, such as a surgical procedure to correct a bunion deformity. In some examples, the compressor-distractor includes first and second engagement arms having first and second pin-receiving holes, respectively. The...