ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,914, issued on June 24, was assigned to Paragon Advanced Technologies Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Bone fixation device" was invented by Gregory J. Kowalczyk (Little Silver, N.J.), Brian R. McLaughlin (Yarmouth, Maine), Selene G. Parekh (Durham, N.C.) and Luciano Bernardino Bertolotti (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is disclosed a bone fixation device that can include a cage having an optional mesh portion. The bone fixation device can be configured to couple a leg portion to a foot portion of a user's body. In at least one embodiment, the device includes at least one cage having a plurality of struts forming cells. There c...