US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 7 for "Flexion/extension surgical guides and methods of using the same" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,532, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Flexion/extension surgical guides and methods of using the same" was invented by Meghan R. Kubacki (Cookeville, 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 having four sides. The body comprises a first base at the first side, a second base at the second side and an elongated extension between the first and second base. The first base defines at least one first hole and the second base defines at least a second hole. The body is sized and configured to be installed above a joint line of...