US Patent Issued to Apex Orthopedics Holdings, Innovative Midfoot Solutions on Aug. 18 for "Expandable mid-foot osteotomy devices, systems, and methods for treating mid-foot disorders" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,518, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Apex Orthopedics Holdings LLC (Aurora, Colo.) and Innovative Midfoot Solutions Inc. (Aurora, Colo.).

"Expandable mid-foot osteotomy devices, systems, and methods for treating mid-foot disorders" was invented by Murray J. Penner (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems and methods for surgical treatment of mid-foot disorders such as osteoarthritis, spacing disorders, or alignment disorders, including mid-foot arthroplasty devices and systems for the 2nd and 3rd tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint, implants for post-osteotomy spacing and realignment, arthroplasty articular impla...