US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on March 17 for "Soft tissue implant systems, instruments, and related methods" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,819, issued on March 17, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Soft tissue implant systems, instruments, and related methods" was invented by Kyle Hartson (Denver) and Paul Devasconcellos (Parker, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to instruments, implant systems, and methods for joining bone and/or tissue portions. The instrument includes a handle portion; an inserter portion comprising an insertion portion and a tip portion; a guide portion comprising a medial end component and a distal end component, the guide portion extending from a distal end portion of the handle portion to a bo...