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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2021
Wright Medical Technology, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Robert Michael Carlo, Iii, Lakeland, TN (US);
Zachary Korman, Memphis, TN (US);
Shannon D. Cummings, Hernando, MS (US);
John Kent Ellington, Charlotte, NC (US);
John S. Lewis, Jr., Prospect, KY (US);
WRIGHT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
Novel orthopedic staples and related instruments are disclosed. An instrument is an orthopedic drill guide assembly that includes a first arm and a second arm that are retractably connected to the distal end of the instrument's outer housing, where the proximal ends of the arms are retractably connected to the distal end of the outer housing and configured to move in a retractable motion that changes the spacing between the first drill guide sleeve and the second drill guide sleeve, where the proximal end of the outer housing is configured for controlling the retractable motion of the first and second arms.