US Patent Issued to Advita Ortho on May 26 for "Ankle replacement distractor systems and methods" (Florida, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,001, issued on May 26, was assigned to Advita Ortho LLC (Gainesville, Fla.).

"Ankle replacement distractor systems and methods" was invented by Ian Ix (Gainesville, Fla.), Michael Mauldin (Gainesville, Fla.), Aldo Moreno-Reyes (Gainesville, Fla.), James Nunley (Durham, N.C.), Mark Easley (Durham, N.C.) and James DeOrio (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system for joint procedures includes a distractor device with two pivotable arms and two distracting members, along with two attachable tools-one designed to hold or position a prosthetic device and interface with a bone surface, and the other to interface with the...