US Patent Issued to PS ORTHO on July 1 for "Bone fixation devices, systems, and methods" (Minnesota, Idaho, Florida, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,050, issued on July 1, was assigned to PS ORTHO LLC (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Bone fixation devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Edward Perez (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Jan Szatkowski (Indianapolis), Nephi Zufelt (Pocatello, Idaho) and Corey Johnson (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A femur fixation system includes an intramedullary nail that includes a first bending stiffness and a bone plate that includes a second bending stiffness and a second torsional stiffness. In the femur fixation system either at least one of the second torsional stiffness compensates for the first torsional stiffness and the first torsio...