US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on June 23 for "Chevron osteotomy tools and methods" (American, British, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,135, issued on June 23, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Chevron osteotomy tools and methods" was invented by Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.), Daniel E. Free (Arlington, Tenn.), Brian Thoren (Memphis, Tenn.), Jason Edie (Sandy, Utah), Andy Leither (Akron, Ohio), David Kay (Akron, Ohio), Anthony Perera (Cardiff, Great Britain), Bryan Denhartog (St. Paul, Minn.), David Redfern (Hove, Great Britain) and Joel Vernois (Picquigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A targeting guide is disclosed includes a handle extending substantially along a longitudinal axis. The longitudinal handle defines one ...