US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on March 17 for "Joint osteotomy system and method" (Tennessee, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,868, issued on March 17, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Joint osteotomy system and method" was invented by Dean J. Nachtrab (Memphis, Tenn.), David G. Reynolds (Fairport, N.Y.), Paul M. Stemniski (Memphis, Tenn.) and Julia C. Alspaugh (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a first spacer sized and configured to be received within a resected bone space of a first bone and a second spacer sized and configured to be coupled to a second bone. The first spacer and the second spacer each include a body extending between a bone contacting surface and a coupling surface. At least ...