US Patent Issued to IlluminOss Medical on July 8 for "Systems and methods for internal bone fixation" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,946, issued on July 8, was assigned to IlluminOss Medical Inc. (East Providence, R.I.).

"Systems and methods for internal bone fixation" was invented by Robert A. Rabiner (Dortmund, Germany) and Mark A. Drew (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Internal bone fixation devices and methods for using the devices for repairing a weakened or fractured bone are disclosed herein. A device for use in repairing a fractured bone includes a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of at least one reinfor...