ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,002, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).
"System and method for a Lapidus procedure" was invented by Shubham Bhosale (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bunion correcting system can include a first body portion and a second body portion. One of the first and second body portions can be pivotable relative to the other of the first and second body portions. The first body portion can include a first surface, a second surface spaced from the first surface along a transverse direction, and a first aperture extending from the first surface to the second surface. The first apertur...