US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Nov. 4 for "Screw-in-screw bone fixation system" (Pennsylvania, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,421, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Screw-in-screw bone fixation system" was invented by Steven Greco (West Chester, Pa.), Seung Kyu Daniel Kwak (Wayne, Pa.), Timothy Josephson (Greenlawn, N.Y.), Philip Watt (New Holland, Pa.) and Jeffrey Loftus-Vergari (Media, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixation system includes a first anchor, a second anchor, and a third anchor. The first anchor is configured to be inserted into a first target location within a bone. The first anchor including a first head and a first shaft that extends from the first head and is configured to couple t...