US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on March 31 for "Ankle replacement system and method" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,916, issued on March 31, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Ankle replacement system and method" was invented by Shawn E. McGinley (Arlington, Tenn.), Braham K. Dhillon (Memphis, Tenn.), Ramon Luna (Arlington, Tenn.) and Robert M. Howles (Bartlett, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position adjustment device having a tool holder is locked to at least two pins projecting from respective anterior facing locations near a distal end of a tibia of a patient. The position adjustment device is adjusted. The position adjustment device is locked with the tool holder at first coordinates in the proximal-dis...