ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,057, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TRIQUEUE HOLDINGS LLC (Winona Lake, Ind.).

"Implant systems, plates, bone fusion systems, and methods employing same" was invented by Jeffrey Nycz (Warsaw, Ind.), Jon C. Serbousek (Winona Lake, Ind.) and Richard G. Fessler (Lake Forest, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implant systems in some embodiments such as midline incision implant systems may generally include an insertion guide assembly and a plate, which define fixation trajectories. In other embodiments such as a percutaneous implant system may generally include a first a plate, an insertion guide, and a separate second insertion gu...