US Patent Issued to Nicholas H. Mast M.D. Inc. a California Medical on Feb. 17 for "Self-retaining bone holding devices and methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,208, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Nicholas H. Mast M.D. Inc. a California Medical Corp. (San Rafael, Calif.).

"Self-retaining bone holding devices and methods" was invented by Nicholas H. Mast (San Rafael, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a tensioning element and a fixation element, the tensioning element including a connection element configured to be coupled to a fixation element and an anchoring element configured to be coupled to an external fixation point, the tensioning element being operable to apply a tension between the connection element and the anchoring element, the fixation element including...