US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on July 15 for "Combination depthsink instrument" (Illinois, Utah, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,326, issued on July 15, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Combination depthsink instrument" was invented by Scott Mitchell Irving (Long Grove, Ill.), Lewis Pearce Branthover (Memphis, Tenn.), Nathan William Erickson (Beaverdam, Utah) and Zachary Charles Christensen (Wellsville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a surgical instrument, systems including the surgical instrument, and methods of use of the surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a handle body extending from a proximal end to a distal end substantially along a longitudinal axis. The handl...