US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations Holdings on Aug. 12 for "Resorptive intramedullary implant between two bones or two bone fragments" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,319, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Resorptive intramedullary implant between two bones or two bone fragments" was invented by Bernard Prandi (Rennes, France), Marc Augoyard (Tassin la Demi Lune, France), Thomas Ledermann (Eschenbach, Switzerland), Tristan Meusnier (Saint-Etienne, France), Jacques Peyrot (Tassin la Demi Lune, France) and Judith Fellmann (Stafa, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a resorptive intramedullary implant between two bones or two bone fragments. The implant includes a single-piece body (1) having a generally elon...