US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on July 8 for "Cerclage system and methods of use thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,950, issued on July 8, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Cerclage system and methods of use thereof" was invented by Veronika Heger (Eagleville, Pa.), Binh Vu (Thorndale, Pa.) and Peter Fatone (Exton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cerclage system used to affix a bone includes a tension plate, a cable lock, and a cerclage cable configured to encircle the bone. The tension plate, which is engageable with the cerclage cable, is moveable between a natural shape and an insertion shape where the tension plate stores energy. The cable lock locks the cerclage cable about the bone in engagement with the tens...