ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,098, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to A-Fix Inc. (Broadview Heights, Ohio).
"Bone fixator with removable portion" was invented by Jason Gromek (Brecksville, Ohio), F. David Rothkopf (Ashland, Mass.), Brion Daffinson (Marietta, Ga.), Joseph Traut (Sharon, Mass.) and Tom Beltavski (Broadview Heights, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixator as disclosed herein includes at least one removable portion, and is particularly suitable for external fixation of the bones of the femur and tibia (knee joint), the tibia to the foot (ankle joint), the lower leg, the lower thigh, or the forearm and hand. Embodiments allow multiaxial, mu...