US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Nov. 11 for "External fixation K-wire clamp and corresponding method of use" (California, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,404, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"External fixation K-wire clamp and corresponding method of use" was invented by Scott Smyth (Memphis, Tenn.) and Steve Miller (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external fixation K-wire clamp including an elongated channel arranged and configured to receive a K-wire. In some examples, the elongated channel is devoid of any predefined grooves so that a K-wire can be positioned anywhere along the length of the elongated channel and/o...