US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on July 21 for "System and method for weight bearing simulation during foot surgery" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,574, issued on July 21, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"System and method for weight bearing simulation during foot surgery" was invented by Zachary Korman (St. Louis), Salman Chegini (Uetikon am See, Switzerland) and Jesse G. Moore (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system to provide weight bearing simulation includes a plate; a strap to hold the plate to a foot; and a device configured to mount to the plate and adjust a position of the foot to the plate."

The patent was filed on Aug. 7, 2024, under Application No. 18/796,430.

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