US Patent Issued to GLW on May 27 for "Bone fixation devices, systems, kits, and methods" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,640, issued on May 27, was assigned to GLW Inc. (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.).

"Bone fixation devices, systems, kits, and methods" was invented by Arley Perez (Wayne, N.J.), Garret Mauldin (Erie, Colo.) and Axel Cremer (Fahrenkrug, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various temporary fixation devices, fixation systems and kits, and methods of fixing a bone plate to a bone are described. A temporary fixation device includes a wire member and a retaining member. The wire member has a proximal end, a distal end, a flange disposed between the proximal end and the distal end, a first portion extending from the proximal end to the flange an...