US Patent Issued to LEITH MEDICAL on Oct. 28 for "Bone fixation fastener and assembly" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,587, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LEITH MEDICAL INC. (Austin, Texas).

"Bone fixation fastener and assembly" was invented by Timothy Leak (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixation assembly is disclosed. The bone fixation assembly includes a bone fixation plate with a fastener hole adjacent to a cavity. The bone fixation assembly also includes a clip including a body positioned at least partially in the cavity and a plurality of tabs extending inward from the body. The bone fixation assembly also includes a fastener with a fastener body having screw threads and a head extending from the fastener body to a firs...