US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on March 11 for "Minimally invasive displacement osteotomy system and method" (Georgia, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,778, issued on March 11, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Minimally invasive displacement osteotomy system and method" was invented by Beniamin Zakhary (Marietta, Ga.), Gary W. Lowery (Eads, Tenn.) and Jerry W. West (Arlington, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting guide includes a body extending between an upper surface and a lower surface and defined by a perimeter. The cutting guide further includes a guide foot having a contact surface. A guide element is pivotably coupled to the body. A handle extends from a first end to a second end. The first end is configured to be coupled to the bod...