US Patent Issued to Zimmer on Aug. 11 for "Apparatus and method for identification and measurement of intramedullary length" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,410, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Apparatus and method for identification and measurement of intramedullary length" was invented by Paige Elizabeth Burnet (Warsaw, Ind.), William Scott Van Dyke (Warsaw, Ind.) and Monty J. Lackey (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A removable intramedullary canal measurement instrument is discussed herein. The measurement instrument can include an elongate body connecting an adapter clip with a plurality of measurement clips. The elongate body can extend from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis. The adapter clip can extend perpendicular to...