US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Feb. 3 for "Orthopedic fixation system" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,151, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Orthopedic fixation system" was invented by Kenneth Kobayashi (Downington, Pa.), Troy Probst (Wilmington, Del.) and Eric Lui (Royersford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic fixation system includes an implant transitionable between a natural shape and an insertion shape and an implant retainer. The implant includes a plate segment, a blade segment extending from the plate segment, a transition section within the blade segment, and a retainer receiver traversing the transition section. The transition section deforms to move the implant b...