US Patent Issued to Trilliant Surgical on Nov. 18 for "Threaded implant for bone fixation and related methods" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,973, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Trilliant Surgical LLC (Houston).

"Threaded implant for bone fixation and related methods" was invented by Tyler Joseph Touchet (Cypress, Texas) and Mia Fiacchi (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A threaded implant for bone fixation is provided. The implant includes a head. The implant includes a shaft extending distally from the head. The shaft includes a distal tip. The shaft includes a first set of threads extending a first predetermined length from the distal tip. The first set of threads are configured to capture cortical bone in one of a foot and/or ankle bone of a patient. The shaft...