US Patent Issued to Arthrex on March 18 for "Orthopedic staple insertion" (Massachusetts, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,104, issued on March 18, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Orthopedic staple insertion" was invented by Paul Fein (Maynard, Mass.), Alexander DelMonaco (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Chris Powell (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-staple inserter and drill guide, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed therein. The orthopedic staples can also be used in addition to interfragmentary screws to apply further compression of the bone fragments."

The patent was filed on May 31, 2023, under Application No. 18/203,872.

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