ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,612, issued on June 10, was assigned to Orthofix S.R.L. (Bussolengo, Italy).
"Intramedullary nail for distracting a long bone" was invented by Roman Stauch (Assamstadt, Germany), Martina Muller (Bad Mergentheim, Germany) and Sebastian Hammel (Assamstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intramedullary nail for distracting a long bone, comprising a first tube extending in an axial direction of the intramedullary nail, a second tube extending in an axial direction of the intramedullary nail, which is coupled with the first tube to be axially displaceable within one another, a first locking opening in an end area of the first t...