ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,590, issued on May 13, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"MIS osteotomy guide" was invented by Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.) and Kian-Ming Wong (Lakeland, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical guide includes a body defining a first access port and a second access port. The first access port extends on a first longitudinal access parallel with a first edge of the body and the second access port extends on a second longitudinal access positioned non-parallel with respect to each edge of the body. At least one coupling arm extends from the body. The at least one coupling arm defines at lea...