US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 4 for "Surgical guide with cutting depth information" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,365, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Surgical guide with cutting depth information" was invented by Murray John Penner (Vancouver, Canada), Julia C. Alspaugh (Memphis, Tenn.) and Jesse G. Moore (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide for use in cutting a bone is disclosed. The guide includes a bone contacting surface contoured to conformably mate with a first bone surface when placed against the first bone surface, and a guide surface that is spaced apart from the bone contacting surface. At least one prescribed patient-specific depth of cut information is provided ...