US Patent Issued to Treace Medical Concepts on Sept. 8 for "Reversible compressor-distractor for bone realignment procedures" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,889, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Treace Medical Concepts Inc. (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).

"Reversible compressor-distractor for bone realignment procedures" was invented by Adriaan Kuyler (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reversible compressor-distractor device may be used during a surgical procedure, such as a surgical procedure to correct a bunion deformity. In some examples, the reversible compressor-distractor is configured to be interchangeably used on right and left feet by reversing the orientation of the compressor-distractor. For example, the compressor-distractor may include a first engagement arm having a...