ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,500, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Stefan Eggli (Pierrafortscha, Switzerland).
"Bone plug compression instrument" was invented by Stefan Eggli (Pierrafortscha, Switzerland), Janosch Haberli (Bern, Switzerland) and Tom Overes (Langendorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone plug compression instrument that can be used to reshape includes a first compression element having a first cavity, a second compression element having a second cavity, and a base portion for supporting the first and second compression elements. The second compression element moves between first and second positions. In the first position, the bo...