US Patent Issued to Acumed on April 29 for "Bone fixation system with opposed mounting portions" (Oregon, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,197, issued on April 29, was assigned to Acumed LLC (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Bone fixation system with opposed mounting portions" was invented by Oren S. Bernstein (Portland, Ore.), Joel Gillard (Portland, Ore.), Eric Thorsell (Portland, Ore.), Sara Russi (Portland, Ore.), Kyle A. Loucks (Ridgefield, Wash.) and Andrew W. Seykora (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for bone fixation using a fixation device including a mounting portion and a fastener that attaches to the mounting portion. In some embodiments, the fixation device may include first and second mounting portions configur...