US Patent Issued to Paragon 28 on Oct. 6 for "Fusion systems, instruments, bone plates and methods of use" (Colorado, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,727, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Fusion systems, instruments, bone plates and methods of use" was invented by Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.), Laura Zagrocki Brinker (Lone Tree, Colo.), Richard David Hunt (Arvada, Colo.) and Spanky Raymond (Uniontown, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instruments, implants, bone plates, systems and methods for correcting bone deformities and fractures in the lower extremity and applying compression across joints to be fused are disclosed. Specifically, targeting instruments, implants, bone plates, systems and methods used for correcting bone deformities a...