US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on May 13 for "Apparatus and methods for joining bones" (Illinois, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,625, issued on May 13, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are provided for using a plate to fuse bones together, including reducing or stabilizing a fracture or osteotomy. Legs of the plate are inserted into pre-drilled guide holes in one of the bones and one or more screws are inserted through apertures and into another of the bones to secure the plate to the bones. A plate insertion tool can be used...