US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on July 1 for "Targeting guide and associated method" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,045, issued on July 1, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Targeting guide and associated method" was invented by Zachary Korman (Memphis, Tenn.) and John White (Arlington, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a base and a targeting guide coupled to the base. The base includes a first member and a second member. The first member defines a first hole for receiving a first fixation element for coupling the first member to a bone. The second member is pivotably coupled to the first member. The second member defines a second hole and a third hole. The second hole is for receiving a second fi...