ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,636, issued on May 27, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).
"Femoral nail with enhanced bone conforming geometry" was invented by Andreas Petersik (Heikendorf, Germany), Hendrik Kluever (Schoenkirchen, Germany) and Giovanni Ricciardi (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A femoral nail includes a proximal section, a distal section remote from the proximal section, and an intermediate section disposed between the proximal section and distal section and having first and second curved portions. The first curved portion is positioned closer to the proximal section than the second curved portion. The...