US Patent Issued to Arbutus Medical on Jan. 27 for "Traction pin assemblies, components, systems, and methods" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,169, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Arbutus Medical Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Traction pin assemblies, components, systems, and methods" was invented by Geoff Borgmann (Vancouver, Canada), Lawrence Buchan (Vancouver, Canada), Michael Cancilla (Vancouver, Canada), Radu Postole (Abbotsford, Canada) and John Kodosky (Helotes, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments provide traction pin assemblies, components, systems, and methods. An example traction pin in assembly comprises a pin insertable into bone tissue to stabilize the bone tissue. The traction pin comprises a shaft extending between an end of the traction p...