ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,968, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Haibo Mei (Changsha, China).
"Memory alloy periosteal traction plate" was invented by Haibo Mei (Changsha, China) and Xiongke Hu (Changsha, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A memory alloy periosteal traction plate is provided, including a plate body and screws. A work surface, a proximal installation end, and a distal installation end are formed on the plate body. The work surface fits a surface of a curved long bone, and extends in a length direction of the long bone. The proximal installation end is located at one end, close to a proximal end of the long bone, of the plate body, and the d...