US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on July 22 for "Implant with intramedullary portion and offset extramedullary portion" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,523, issued on July 22, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Implant with intramedullary portion and offset extramedullary portion" was invented by Erin Muller (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Andy J. Leither (Akron, Ohio), David B. Kay (Akron, Ohio), Bryan D. Den Hartog (St. Paul, Minn.), Anthony Perera (Cardiff, Great Britain), Priya Prasad (Sunrise, Fla.), Gary W. Lowery (Eads, Tenn.) and Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant comprises a unitary body including an intramedullary portion connected to an extramedullary portion. The unitary body is configured to attach a first bo...