ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,670, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to BraunVest LLC (Charlotte, Vt.).
"Methods for bone compression and/or fixation" was invented by John T. Braun (Charlotte, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for bone correction and/or fixation of bone anchors, such as spinal deformity correction. In some implementations, the method may comprise advancing a bone anchor through a proximal bone wall and into a bone. Bone material may be compressed in a region distal of the bone anchor by advancing the bone anchor within the bone to form a compressed bone region, the compressed bone region extending, at least in part, distally of the bone ...