ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,316, issued on March 18, was assigned to ExsoMed Corp. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).
"Small bone angled compression screw" was invented by Lloyd P. Champagne (Phoenix) and Jozef Zoldos (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device and system for surgical fixation of small bones, small bone fragments, and osteotomies and more particularly to compression screw having a threaded leading portion which is joined to a section that is free from threads, and which includes an angle or from 12deg to 25deg in a plane through the longitudinal axis of the screw and a portion which is joined to a head having a config...