US Patent Issued to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Orthofix on Dec. 9 for "External fixation strut" (Italian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,009, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (Dallas) and Orthofix S.R.L. (Bussolengo, Italy).

"External fixation strut" was invented by Daniele Venturini (Povegliano Veronese, Italy), Andrea Ottoboni (Giacciano con Baruchella, Italy), Gianluca Milano (Verona, Italy), John D. Ross Jr. (Ovilla, Texas), Karen D. Standefer (Flower Mound, Texas), Mikhail L. Samchukov (Coppell, Texas) and Alexander M. Cherkashin (Flower Mound, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to external fixation struts and systems utilizing the external fixation struts. The struts include an elongated ...