ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,990, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).
"Implant device for plantar repair" was invented by Demitria Poulos (Knoxville, Tenn.), Logan N. Dickinson (Blacksburg, Va.), Skye Carlson (Cleveland Heights, Ohio), Zachary Kozar (Leesburg, Va.), Jennifer S. Wayne (Blacksburg, Va.), Vincent Wang (Blacksburg, Va.) and John R. Clements (Roanoke, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of an implant for plantar plate repair and a surgical method of plantar plate repair using the implant are described. In one example, the implant includes a female component and a male compone...