ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,134, issued on June 23, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Osteotomy guide" was invented by Paul Luttrell (Germantown, Tenn.), Erin Muller (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Daniel E. Free (Arlington, Tenn.), Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.) and Jesse G. Moore (Germantown, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guide for a bone cut comprises a guide base having an inner wall defining an opening. The inner wall has a plurality of detents distributed around the opening. The guide base has a proximal surface adapted to contact a skin of a person. An inner collar has one or more spring loaded devices extending outward...