ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,425, issued on April 8, was assigned to FIELD ORTHOPAEDICS PTY LTD (Red Hill Qld, Australia).

"Orthopaedic bone stabilisation device" was invented by Shanthan Pather (Red Hill, Australia) and Jarred Bairstow (Red Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopaedic bone stabilisation device includes an elongate and integrally formed body having a length extending between proximal and distal ends. The elongate body includes a first threaded section having a head at the proximal end, the head configured to interface with a driver, the threaded section having external threads extending along a length of the first threaded secti...