ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,974, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).
"Bone screw" was invented by John DiVincenzo (South Weymouth, Mass.), Nicholas Pavento (North Attleboro, Mass.), Ralph Solitario (Pocasset, Mass.) and Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various bone screws configured to be implanted into bone and methods of use are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a bone screw is provided with an elongate shank and a head with a drive feature configured to couple with a driver tool for being advanced into bone and a threaded shank. The screw can have a distal end or tip that has o...