US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on April 22 for "Suprapectineal quadrilateral bone plating system and methods of making and using same" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,796, issued on April 22, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Suprapectineal quadrilateral bone plating system and methods of making and using same" was invented by Benjamin Barrall (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates generally to the field of bone plates for the reduction and fixation of bone fractures, in particular, the presently disclosed and claimed inventive concept(s) relates to a quadrilateral surface bone plate for the fixation of acetabular fractures having at least one securing port therein and methods of making and usin...