US Patent Issued to Treace Medical Concepts on Sept. 22 for "Devices and less invasive techniques for treating lesser metatarsals of the foot" (Florida, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,791, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Treace Medical Concepts Inc. (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).

"Devices and less invasive techniques for treating lesser metatarsals of the foot" was invented by Caitlin DiGeorgio (Ponte Vedra, Fla.), Sean F. Scanlan (Jacksonville, Fla.), Jason May (St. John's, Fla.), Jody McAleer (Jefferson City, Mo.), Jonathan M. Dewey (Ponte Vedra, Fla.), Adam Hausman (Jacksonville, Fla.) and Steve Norton (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variety of surgical procedures may be performed on the bones of the foot, such as on one or more lesser metatarsals of the foot positioned laterally of the first me...