US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on Nov. 3 for "Resection guides, sweeping reamers, and methods for use in total ankle replacement" (Colorado, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,606, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Resection guides, sweeping reamers, and methods for use in total ankle replacement" was invented by Daniel J. Lee (Denver), Joseph Dogue (Aurora, Colo.), Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.), Francis D. Barmes (Parker, Colo.) and Jeffrey Christensen (Everett, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Resection guides include a body a plurality of alignment pin through-holes and a plurality of guide through-holes so that the pattern of guide through-holes is operable for receiving a drill for use in resecting the at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the pa...