ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,102, issued on March 18, was assigned to In2Bones USA LLC (Memphis, Tenn.).
"Surgical staple implant kit" was invented by Rebecca Hawkins Wahl (Escondido, Calif.), Alan G. Taylor (Memphis, Tenn.) and Casey M. Chambers (Mempis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method are provided for a sterile staple implant kit that a surgeon may unpack and utilize during a surgery. The staple implant kit 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 kit is opened du...