US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Aug. 26 for "Chamfer guidance systems and methods" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,737, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Chamfer guidance systems and methods" was invented by Meghan Kubacki (Cookeville, Tenn.), Braham K. Dhillon (Memphis, Tenn.) and Kian-Ming Wong (Lakeland, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tool includes a handle and a trial section coupled to the handle by an engagement section. The trial section includes an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface has a shape that corresponds to an upper surface of an implant. The trial section defines a first slot extending from the upper surface to the lower surface and inwardly from...