ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,916, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).
"Calcaneal plate inserter tool" was invented by Samuel Nader (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Dinesh Koka (Winter Park, Fla.) and Wesley Reed (Libertyville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calcaneal plate inserter tool includes a body portion, a plate retainer assembly coupled to the body portion, a sled coupled to the body portion and movable relative to the body portion, and a lock coupled to the body portion. The lock is operable between a lock position and an unlocked position. The lock impedes movement of the sled relative to the body portion when in...