US Patent Issued to Wright Medical Technology on Nov. 3 for "Bone fixation implant and method of implantation" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,633, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Wright Medical Technology Inc. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Bone fixation implant and method of implantation" was invented by Zachary Korman (St. Louis) and David Redfern (Hove, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a nested screw assembly and a related method for fusing a joint between two bones using the nested screw assembly, where the nested screw assembly includes a cannulated outer screw and an inner screw."

The patent was filed on Dec. 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/983,517.

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