US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on June 24 for "Device for fixating orthopedic injury" (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,744, issued on June 24, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Device for fixating orthopedic injury" was invented by Stephen A Brigido (Bethlehem, Pa.), Christopher F. Hyer (Columbus, Ohio), Gregory C. Berlet (Westerville, Ohio), Murray J. Penner (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Jeffrey D. Sander (Parkville, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use in orthopedic procedures involving the alignment and fixation of bone. The device includes a body having a bone facing surface, an opposing surface, a lateral surface being disposed between the bone facing surface and the opposing surface and a longitudinal axis extendi...