US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on June 24 for "Apparatus and methods for joining bones" (Illinois, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,704, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Apparatus and methods for joining bones" was invented by Ryan Niver (Glenview, Ill.), Natan Pheil (Highland Park, Ill.), Samuel Nader (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Dinesh Koka (Winter Park, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described for use in securing a first bone relative to a second bone using a pair of surgical staples or, alternatively, a surgical staple and a bone screw. When a pair of staples are used, one of the legs of one of the staples may pass between the legs of the another of the staples. When a staple and a b...