US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on July 8 for "Modular talar fixation method and system" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,163, issued on July 8, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Modular talar fixation method and system" was invented by Braham K. Dhillon (Memphis, Tenn.) and Shawn E. McGinley (Arlington, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A talar implant system comprises a body. The body includes a bone contact surface and an articulation surface located opposite the bone contact surface. The body defines at least one angled fastener hole extending therethrough from the articulation surface to the bone contact surface along a longitudinal axis. The articulation surface is configured to mimic articulation of the talar dom...