ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,073, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to EncephalX Inc. (Sherbrooke, Canada).
"Pivot fastener for bone/cranioplasty implants and prosthesis" was invented by Simon Lapointe (Sherbrooke, Canada), Christian Iorio-Morin (Sherbrooke, Canada), Marc-Andre Hachey (Sherbrooke, Canada) and Marianne Dudemaine (Sherbrooke, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly comprising a cranioplasty prosthesis component having a connection hole(s). A pivot fastener may have a body being threaded and adapted to be screwed to cranium bone. A shoulder is between the body and a head of the pivot fastener, the shoulder having a circular section. A diametr...