ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,106, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HyPrevention SAS (Pessac, France).

"Devices, methods and systems for remedying or preventing fractures" was invented by Cecile Vienney (Talence, France), Stephane Corp (Paris), Marek Szpalski (Brussels), Robert Gunzburg (Berohem, Belgium) and Max Aebi (Bienne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, methods and systems for remedying or preventing fractures of the bone are disclosed. The devices, and corresponding methods and systems, may include first and second members each having a proximal end, a distal end and a middle portion and an outer surface. The first member may be config...