US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS on Feb. 17 for "Surgical technique for minimizing medialization of an orthopedic intramedullary nail" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,249, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.) and SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland).

"Surgical technique for minimizing medialization of an orthopedic intramedullary nail" was invented by Jordan Rakes (Cordova, Tenn.), Benjamin Ollivere (Nottingham, Great Britain), Paul Tornetta III (Chestnut Hill, Mass.) and William M. Ricci (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intramedullary ("IM") nail and surgical technique or method. The IM nail includes a body including an opening for receiving a lag screw and a compression screw. The body further including one or more screw openings for rec...