ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,321, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LDR Medical (France).
"Bone implants" was invented by Christophe Lavigne (Austin, Texas), Patrick Richard (Austin, Texas), Alexis Mercier (Verrieres, France) and Samuel Lequette (Pessac, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an implant, an instrument for implanting the implant, and a method for manufacturing the implant which includes an elongated body between a free end and a head along a longitudinal axis on the one hand turns of at least one threading on at least one portion of said body in proximity to the free end, along the longitudinal axis on the other h...