US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Sept. 9 for "Bone plates, and related systems and methods" (Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,956, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Bone plates, and related systems and methods" was invented by George John Haidukewych (Orlando, Fla.), Kenny Koay (West Chester, Pa.), Morgan Brett Smith (Downington, Pa.), Frank Anthony Liporace (Fort Worth, Texas) and Cory A. Collinge (Fort Worth, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone plate includes first and second ends opposed along a longitudinal axis oriented along a longitudinal direction, first and second sides opposed along a lateral direction, and a bone-facing surface and an outer surface opposed along a transverse direction. The ...