ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,931, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CONVENTUS ORTHOPAEDICS INC. (Horsham, Pa.).

"Active compression apparatus, methods of assembly and methods of use" was invented by Alex Peterson (Plymouth, Minn.), Daniel S. Savage (Plymouth, Minn.), Paul J. Hindrichs (Plymouth, Minn.), Andrew K. Palmer (Plymouth, Minn.), Michael P. Brenzel (Plymouth, Minn.) and William F. Ogilvie (Plymouth, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compression devices for joining tissue and methods for using and fabricating the same."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/390,755.

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