US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 7 for "Surgical tools and methods of use" (Tennessee, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,606, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Surgical tools and methods of use" was invented by Lewis Pearce Branthover (Memphis, Tenn.), George Matthew Awtrey (Bartlett, Tenn.), Zachary Korman (St. Louis) and Robert Michael Carlo III (Lakeland, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cut guide includes a first face and an opposed second face. The cut guide further includes a first aperture and a second aperture extending through the cut guide from the first face to the second face. The first and second apertures are configured to guide a surgical tool in cutting a bone. The cut guide further...