US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on Sept. 2 for "Offset hole for TPLO compression" (Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,923, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Offset hole for TPLO compression" was invented by Timothy J. Horan (Royersford, Pa.), Michael Kowaleski (Harwich, Mass.), Jaime Mazurek (West Chester, Pa.) and James Guthlein (Malvern, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "TPLO plate includes first and second distal holes and a body with a proximal portion positioned over a proximal tibia segment and a distal portion extending along a longitudinal axis and positioned over a distal tibia segment. The first hole includes an elongated portion extending along the longitudinal axis and an offset portion ex...