US Patent Issued to Orthofix on July 15 for "Telescopic nail and associated perforating tool" (French, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,353, issued on July 15, was assigned to Orthofix S.R.L. (Bussolengo, Italy).

"Telescopic nail and associated perforating tool" was invented by Daniele Venturini (Veronese, Italy), Georges Fernand Jacques Finidori (Paris) and Zagorka Pejin (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Telescopic nail for the treatment of fractures or deformations of long bones, as for example in the case of osteogenesis imperfecta or pseudo arthrosis. Comprising of a hollow stem; a rod telescopically inserted into said hollow stem; a first fastening element coupled to an end of said hollow stem for fixing to a first long bone end; a second fastening element c...