ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,580, issued on May 27, was assigned to STYKER Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Bone staple storage, inserter, and method for use therewith" was invented by Caitlin Miller (Strongsville, Ohio), Brian Hockett (Parma, Ohio), Ellen Pokorney (Medina, Ohio) and Andrew Leither (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention comprises a fusion implant system for a generally u-shaped bone staple in which the staple is provided on a storage block with the two side legs in an un-splayed position, and an inserter having two triangular shaped pivoting handles has detachable tips that engage the staple on the storage block such that when the han...