ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,930, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to DISRAD AG (Zurich, Switzerland).
"Distal radius fracture fixation device" was invented by Daniel Fluri (Grenchen, Switzerland), Silas Zurschmiede (Bibern, Switzerland), Andreas Schweizer (Zumikon, Switzerland) and Ladislav Nagy (Kilchberg, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a distal radius fracture fixation device for securing at least two fractured bone segments together. The device comprises: a body portion comprising at least two insertion channels each extending through the body portion and each being configured for receiving a bone fixation element therethrou...