US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on May 20 for "Implant with intramedullary portion and variable angle extramedullary portion" (Tennessee, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,174, issued on May 20, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Implant with intramedullary portion and variable angle extramedullary portion" was invented by Terrance W. Strohkirch (Memphis, Tenn.), Brian Robert Thoren (Memphis, Tenn.), Erin Muller (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Jesse G. Moore (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an implant configured to attach a first bone section to a second bone section comprises an intramedullary portion and an extramedullary portion. The intramedullary portion is configured for insertion into the first bone section. The extramedullary portion is conf...