US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on July 21 for "Surgical instruments, guides, and methods of use" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,565, issued on July 21, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Surgical instruments, guides, and methods of use" was invented by Michael Schmidt (Greenwood Village, Colo.), Richard David Hunt (Arvada, Colo.) and Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an alignment system. The alignment system includes a clamp portion including a curved member configured to contact a medial portion of a first metatarsal of a patient, and a retention element configured to releasably couple with a second metatarsal of the patient. The alignment system also includes an alignment port...