ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,638, issued on May 27.

"Modular bone reinforcement" was invented by Atul F. Kamath (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modular bone reinforcement systems, bone plates, assembled bone reinforcements, and methods of reinforcing a bone are described. A modular bone reinforcement system includes a plurality of bone plates, each of which has a series of tabs disposed along at least one edge of the bone plate for forming a snap-fit attachment to a mating series of tabs of another bone plate of the plurality of bone plates to form an assembled bone reinforcement. A first bone plate of the plurality of bone plates has a first shape a...