US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on May 20 for "Orthopedic staple and related instruments" (Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, Mississippi Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,147, issued on May 20, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Orthopedic staple and related instruments" was invented by Robert Michael Carlo III (Lakeland, Tenn.), Zachary Korman (Memphis, Tenn.), Shannon D. Cummings (Hernando, Miss.), John Kent Ellington (Charlotte, N.C.) and John S. Lewis Jr. (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel orthopedic staples and related instruments are disclosed. An instrument is an orthopedic drill guide assembly that includes a first arm and a second arm that are retractably connected to the distal end of the instrument's outer housing, where the proximal ends of t...