ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,251, issued on Oct. 14.
"Small bone internal fixation system for orthopedic surgery" was invented by Bradley David Castellano (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small bone internal fixation system for orthopedic surgery is disclosed. This includes a fixation plate which is fixated to the bone before making the osteotomy cut of the head from the bone and can act as a cut guide for the cutting action. A buttress portion on a side of the fixation plate provides a front buttress surface which acts as the cutting guide and locates the translational movement of the cut head so as to prevent the metatarsal or metacarpal bone hea...