ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,899, issued on June 24, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods of plate trial packaging" was invented by Lewis Pearce Branthover (Memphis, Tenn.), Blake O'Briant (Germantown, Tenn.) and Zach Christensen (Wellsville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaging system includes a packaging container and a packaging element. The packaging container include a first half having a base surface and an outer wall defining an inset receiving area, a second half sized and configured to couple to the first half in a locking relationship, and a coupling element extending from the base surface of ...