ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,426, issued on April 8, was assigned to 210 DYNAMIC LLC (San Antonio).
"Orthopedic torsion generated compression implants and methods for using same" was invented by Joseph Paul Ritz (Castroville, Texas) and Eric Alberto Marcano (San Antonio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example orthopedic implant includes a bridge, a plurality of torsion regions coupled to the bridge, and a plurality of legs coupled to and extending from the plurality of torsion regions. The plurality of legs are configured to transition between a first position and a second position, and in the second position, the plurality of legs are angularly displaced rela...