US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on June 23 for "Cartilage removal tool and method" (Tennessee, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,128, issued on June 23, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Cartilage removal tool and method" was invented by Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.), Paul Luttrell (Germantown, Tenn.), Brian Robert Thoren (Memphis, Tenn.), Erin Muller (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Terrance W. Strohkirch (Memphis, Tenn.) and Gary W. Lowery (Eads, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument for use in cartilage removal comprises an elongate body having a first end and a longitudinal axis having a longitudinal direction. A cartilage removal portion is coupled to the elongate body at the first end. The cartilage removal portion ...