US Patent Issued to Arthrosurface on Jan. 28 for "System and method for bone fixation" (Massachusetts, Texas, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,852, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Arthrosurface Inc. (Franklin, Mass.).

"System and method for bone fixation" was invented by Steven W. Ek (Durham, N.H.), George Sikora (Bridgewater, Mass.) and S. Brent Brotzman (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation system for coupling a first and a second portion of bone together. The fixation system includes a first fixation element, a second fixation element, and an interconnect. The first fixation element includes an external surface configured to engage the first portion of bone and a first tapered mating surface. The second fixation element includes an external surface ...