ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,607, issued on Nov. 3.
"Osteotomy jig" was invented by Nicholas Robert Garcia (Shaker Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An osteotomy jig for performing a minimally invasive surgical correction of a Tailor's bunion. A first and second j-arm are nested within a burr collar on opposite sides and extend in opposing directions. The first j-arm is configured to position an intersecting wire pin along a long axis of the fifth metatarsal. The first j-arm, the second j-arm and the burr collar are each configured to position a lynch pin perpendicularly to the intersecting wire pin. An osteotomy is performed through a burr opening in ...