ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,960, issued on March 25, was assigned to Orthofix S.R.L. (Bussolengo, Italy).
"Quick attachment clamp for external fixation systems" was invented by Daniele Venturini (Povegliano Veronese, Italy), Enrico Zandona (Quinto di Valpantena, Italy) and Andrea Ottoboni (Giacciano con Baruchella, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp for an external fixator, preferably of the quick attachment type comprises at least one first attachment provided with at least one bar housing seat for a bar of the external fixator and/or with at least one screw housing seat for a bone screw; at least one second attachment provided with at least one bar...