ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,407, issued on May 20, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Instruments for preparing bone implants" was invented by Kian-Ming (Kevin) Wong (Lakeland, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a cutting guide and a cutting template. The cutting guide has a body including a plurality of sides that together define a cavity that is accessible via an opening defined by a first side of the plurality of sides. A second side of the plurality of sides defines at least two elongate slots. The second side is disposed adjacent to the first side and at a distance from an opposed third side. Each of the a...