US Patent Issued to MICROPORT ORTHOPEDIC HOLDINGS on Oct. 27 for "Orthopedic instrument connection mechanisms and related assemblies and systems" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,193, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to MICROPORT ORTHOPEDIC HOLDINGS INC. (Arlington, Tenn.).

"Orthopedic instrument connection mechanisms and related assemblies and systems" was invented by Michael D. Hollandsworth (Millington, Tenn.), Fred W. Bowman (Germantown, Tenn.) and Michael L. Brooks (Brighton, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device connection mechanism, related assemblies and systems comprising generally: a first medical device having: a protrusion, the protrusion including a proximal end and a distal end distally disposed from the proximal end along a height of a body of the protrusion, the body of the prot...