US Patent Issued to RESTOR3D on July 28 for "Total ankle replacement system and processes for making and using the same" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,986, issued on July 28, was assigned to RESTOR3D INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Total ankle replacement system and processes for making and using the same" was invented by Brian Garvey (Raleigh, N.C.), Deepak Padmanabhan (Cary, N.C.), Michael Balog (Durham, N.C.), Jordyn Sak (Durham, N.C.) and Nicholas James Heydinger (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for replacing a tibial side of patient's ankle joint, wherein the tibial side of the ankle joint includes a tibia having a medullary cavity. The system includes a tibial implant having a stem component and a base component; one or more tools for preparing the tibia for instal...