US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 20 for "Targeting guides" (Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,893, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Targeting guides" was invented by Zachary Korman (St. Louis), Paul Luttrell (Germantown, Tenn.), Joseph Ryan Woodard (Memphis, Tenn.), Gary W. Lowery (Eads, Tenn.) and Peter George Mangone (Arden, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are bone screw drill targeting guides and methods for using such targeting guides that are useful in surgical procedures for correcting hallux valgus deformity."

The patent was filed on Nov. 20, 2024, under Application No. 18/953,673.

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