US Patent Issued to XTREME ORTHOPEDICS on Nov. 18 for "Device for and method of treating acromioclavicular joint dislocations" (Arkansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,969, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to XTREME ORTHOPEDICS LLC (Fayetteville, Ark.).

"Device for and method of treating acromioclavicular joint dislocations" was invented by Wesley Cox (Fayetteville, Ark.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that allows for the predictable/guided anatomic drilling of clavicular tunnels for graft, suture, or combined graft/suture reconstruction of the AC joint is provided. The device simultaneously allows for larger clavicle tunnels which permit graft passage while providing protection, via stress shielding, of the bone between and adjacent to the bone tunnels. In this way, the surgeon is able to u...