ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,072, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Multi-modal patient-specific surgical guides" was invented by Julia C. Alspaugh (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device includes a first body component including at least one insert embedded therein and a second body component including a patient-specific surface. The first body component includes a first material and the at least one insert includes a second material. The first body component defines at least one first hole and the second body component defines at least one second hole. The second body component is conf...