US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on June 17 for "Methods and apparatus for minimally invasive bunion surgery" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,395, issued on June 17, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Methods and apparatus for minimally invasive bunion surgery" was invented by Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.) and Johnny McGEE (Halls, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for performing a percutaneous bunionectomy. The system including a jig, which subsequent to attachment and performance of an osteotomy on the bone, uses a rack and pinion mechanism to translate the separated portion of the bone to a surgeon determined displacement Lambda. A locking mechanism maintains the desired displacement of the bone portions and al...