US Patent Issued on March 25 for "Orthopedic fastener and associated systems and methods" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,967, issued on March 25.

"Orthopedic fastener and associated systems and methods" was invented by Guy Alon (El Paso, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic fastener may include a shaft and a plurality of petals extending helically around the shaft. Each of the plurality of petals may include a proximal face and a distal face. The proximal face may include a parabolic contour formed as an undercut parabolic portion of the proximal face. The plurality of petals may be configured to generate and progressively increase an amount of compression of trabecular bone through which the petals advance during implantation in a bone,...