ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,948, issued on Sept. 9.
"Intermaxillary fixation device and method of using same" was invented by Jeffrey R. Marcus (Chapel Hill, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical apparatus having a bar, the bar having a slot extending laterally along the bar; and a plurality of hooks, wherein the bar is an arch bar that is configured to be attached to a mandible or a maxilla. Such medical apparatuses may also have a plurality of arch bar fasteners, wherein each arch bar fastener is a bone screw having a threaded shaft and a compound head, the compound head having a threaded bore configured to receive a set screw. The medical apparatus ...