ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,758, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Polyaxial bone fixation element" was invented by Christopher Ramsay (West Wareham, Mass.) and John Di Vincenzo (Braintree, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener device includes an anchor body that defines a through hole. The anchor body further includes an inner surface that defines a least a portion of the through hole. The fastener includes a head, a threaded shaft that extends out with respect to the head in a distal direction, and a neck between the head and threaded shaft. The head includes an outer surface configured to articula...