ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,996, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Surgical system and method" was invented by Christel Italiaie (Memphis, Tenn.), Bret Matthew Wilfong (Hernando, Miss.), Richard A. Hynes (Melbourne Beach, Fla.), Charles Hopkins Crawford (Prospect, Ky.), Roger Kirk Owens (Prospect, Ky.), Mladen Djurasovic (Louisville, Ky.) and Jeffrey Lynn Gum (Pewee Valley, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical system includes a plurality of alternate engaging surfaces. A first member is connectable with an engaging surface such that the first member is interchangeable with the plurality of engaging surfaces. A...