ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,606, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MEDSHAPE INC. (Atlanta).
"System and method for bone fixation based on bone quality" was invented by Jeremy Webster Blair (Atlanta), Ryan Walter O'Flaherty (Atlanta), David Lee Safranski (Atlanta) and Gregory C. Berlet (Westerville, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for fixation of bone portions may include a medical device and a bone quality assessment device. According to one embodiment, the bone quality assessment device is used to determine bone quality by measuring the shear strength of the bone at the site of insertion of the medical device. Once bone quality is dete...