US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on March 18 for "Flexible construct for femoral reconstruction" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,145, issued on March 18, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).

"Flexible construct for femoral reconstruction" was invented by Dale Frederick Swarts (Warsaw, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone repair device includes a plate having a pathway and a flexible structure. The plate includes opposing top and bottom surfaces and a first side extending between the top and the bottom surfaces. The flexible structure is directly attached to and extends from the first side of the plate. In operation, the bone repair device is placed around and over a plurality of bone parts. The plate is secured to the plurality of b...