ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,772, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).
"Implant for bone fixation" was invented by Christian Knoepfle (Donaueschingen, Germany), Karl Greiner (Muehlheim, Germany) and Manfred Schmuck (Muehlheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant for bone fixation is presented. The implant comprises an elongated member configured to be wound around bone parts that are to be fixed. Further, an engagement feature is provided that is coupled to the elongated member and configured to engage a portion of the elongated member so as to secure the implant in a loop around the bone par...