ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,066, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to In2Bones USA LLC (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Surgical staple implant system" was invented by Alan G. Taylor (Memphis, Tenn.) and Rebecca Hawkins Wahl (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sterile staple implant system is provided for use during a surgery. The staple implant system comprises a group of complementary surgery-specific instruments that are packaged in a sterile state. An instrument tray is configured to preserve the instruments in the sterile state until the staple implant system is opened during the surgery. The instrument tray is configured to provide the surgeon with easy a...