US Patent Issued to PS Ortho on Oct. 28 for "Bone fixation devices, systems, and methods" (Minnesota, Idaho, Florida, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,584, issued on Oct. 28, 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: "An intramedullary nail includes a shaft between a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end includes a first bend that extends from an anterior side of the intramedullary nail toward a posterior side and a second bend that extends from the posterior side toward the anterior side of the intramedullary nail. The two bends transfer ...