US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on June 23 for "Targeting guide" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,169, issued on June 23, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Targeting guide" was invented by Zachary Korman (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly includes a first portion including an anchor pivotally attached to a first end of the first portion, the anchor to be inserted into an intramedullary canal of a first bone fragment; a second portion pivotally attached to a second end of the first portion and including a first skin-interfacing portion; a second skin-interfacing portion to interface with and secure the assembly to skin adjacent to the first bone fragment; and an actuation mechanis...