US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 23 for "Implant with intramedullary portion and offset extramedullary portion" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,672, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Implant with intramedullary portion and offset extramedullary portion" was invented by Erin Muller (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Andy J. Leither (Akron, Ohio), David B. Kay (Akron, Ohio), Bryan D. Den Hartog (St. Paul, Minn.), Anthony Perera (Cardiff GBN, Great Britain), Priya Prasad (Sunrise, Fla.), Gary W. Lowery (Eads, Tenn.) and Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant comprises a unitary body including an intramedullary portion connected to an extramedullary portion. The unitary body is configured to attach a fi...