US Patent Issued to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Oct. 6 for "Implants with modular stems with tension/compression mechanisms" (New Jersey, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,829, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INC. (Memphis, Tenn.).

"Implants with modular stems with tension/compression mechanisms" was invented by David Charles Viscardi (Glen Rock, N.J.), Terrance W. Strohkirch (Memphis, Tenn.), Jerry W. West (Arlington, Tenn.) and Jesse G. Moore (Germantown, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthesis may include a first component, a second component, and a coupling member. The first component may include a first body extending from a first end to a second end, which may define a first opening that extends inwardly toward the first end. The first opening may include a fi...