US Patent Issued on July 1 for "Anchor device for bone implantation during surgical procedures" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,055, issued on July 1.

"Anchor device for bone implantation during surgical procedures" was invented by Mark Darryl Antonacci (Skillman, N.J.), Matthew L. Cavuto (London) and Anthony C. Antonacci (Ridgefield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are several embodiments for an anchor device for insertion into a bone, all of which include a post suitable for implantation into a bone, and a cord housing coupled to the post. The cord housing has a lower housing with a cradle for receiving therein at least one cord, and an upper housing with a clamp for placement over the at least one cord inserted into the cradle. The join...