ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,710, issued on May 12, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Center of rotation guide" was invented by Stephan M. Bosch (Naples, Fla.), Allen E. Holowecky (Naples, Fla.), Steven J. Lee (Scarsdale, N.Y.), Steven S. Shin (Los Angeles), Michael J. Garcia (Tampa, Fla.) and Damon C. Adamany (Peoria, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical constructs, assemblies and methods of elbow repair and reconstruction. A center of rotation guide has specific dimensions configured to be secured on either the lateral or medial side of the elbow. At one end, the guide is provided with a plurality of full concentric through-holes (circles o...