US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on March 4 for "Surgical system and methods for stabilization and fixation of fractures, joints, and reconstructions" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,306, issued on March 4, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Surgical system and methods for stabilization and fixation of fractures, joints, and reconstructions" was invented by Robert Michael Carlo III (Lakeland, Tenn.), George Matthew Awtrey (Bartlett, Tenn.), Gary W. Lowery (Eads, Tenn.) and Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a targeting guide is disclosed. The targeting guide includes a handle defining a targeting hole and a targeting tower configured to be coupled to the handle. The targeting tower defines at least a first guide hole and a seco...