US Patent Issued to Howmedica Osteonics on Oct. 21 for "Device for fixating orthopedic injury" (Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,936, issued on Oct. 21, 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 extend...