ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,083, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Pistol grip joint tensioner" was invented by Carlos E. Collazo (Old Greenwich, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a joint distractor for joint distraction and a method for utilizing the same in a joint distraction procedure. The joint distractor may include a first surface and a second surface. The first surface may contact a first bone of a joint and the second surface may contact a second bone of a joint. The first surface may be a flexible surface that is substantially parallel to the second surface in a first position and for...