US Patent Issued to Contract Medical Manufacturing on Sept. 1 for "Foot positioning system for surgery" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,400, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Contract Medical Manufacturing LLC (Oxford, Conn.).

"Foot positioning system for surgery" was invented by Richard Deslauriers (Woodbury, Conn.) and Patrick Brandon (Killingworth, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert for use during orthopedic surgery configured for positioning in or on a boot configured to stabilize a foot of the patient during orthopedic surgery. The insert is sterile and includes a heel region, a toe region and an arch support positioned between the toe and heel region, the arch support configured to support an arch of the foot of the patient during stabilization of ...