ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,643, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"Receiving part and instrument for holding the receiving part" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany) and Dimosthenis Dandanopoulos (VS-Schwenningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A receiving part of a bone anchoring device includes a channel adjacent a first end for receiving a bone fixation element, the channel forming two free legs each having an engagement structure for engaging a locking element to lock the bone fixation element in the channel, an outer surface portion, and at least one projection for en...