US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on March 25 for "Minimally invasive surgery osteotomy fragment shifter, stabilizer, and targeter" (Tennessee, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,969, issued on March 25, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Minimally invasive surgery osteotomy fragment shifter, stabilizer, and targeter" was invented by Zachary Korman (Memphis, Tenn.) and Shannon D. Cummings (Hernando, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, includes a first screw mechanism including: a first block; a first screw threaded through the first block and including a first skin-interfacing portion; and an intramedullary (IM) member extending from and attached to the first block and including an end portion configured to be inserted into an intramedullary canal of a first bone fra...