US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Jan. 13 for "Screw targeting guide system and method" (British, American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,130, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Screw targeting guide system and method" was invented by Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.), Brian Robert Thoren (Memphis, Tenn.), Paul Luttrell (Germantown, Tenn.), Joel Vernois (Picquigny, France) and David Redfern (Hove, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A targeting guide includes a body defining a first guide hole sized and configured to receive a guide sleeve therethrough. The first guide hole extends through the body on a first axis. An alignment arm extends between a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the...