US Patent Issued to Medacta International on June 24 for "Polyaxial surgical screw and device for implanting said surgical screw" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,743, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medacta International SA (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland).

"Polyaxial surgical screw and device for implanting said surgical screw" was invented by Francesco Siccardi (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland), Meinrad Fiechter (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland), Marco Riva (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland) and Marco Rampon (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations include a polyaxial surgical screw and a device for implanting the screw. The screw comprises: an internally hollow tulip displaying a first open end for accessing inside the tulip, a second end opposi...