ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,605, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Ankle replacement system and method" was invented by Paul Stemniski (Arlington, Tenn.), David Reynolds (Fairport, N.Y.), Shawn McGinley (Arlington, Tenn.) and Ramon Luna (Arlington, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various surgical devices and methods are disclosed herein. Also disclosed is multi-component prosthesis, which can be used as an ankle prosthesis. One of the disclosed surgical alignment systems includes a guide arm, a ratchet arm frame configured to be coupled slidably to the guide arm, a ratchet arm configured to be coupled to the...