US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on May 19 for "Systems and methods for metatarsal phalangeal joint fusion" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,193, issued on May 19, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Systems and methods for metatarsal phalangeal joint fusion" was invented by Zachary Korman (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for metatarsal phalangeal joint fusion includes a hinged guide; a trajectory guide attachable to the hinged guide; and an anchoring wire to attach the hinged guide to a bone."

The patent was filed on July 24, 2024, under Application No. 18/782,076.

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