US Patent Issued to Tyber Medical on July 22 for "Extremity fusion plate assembly" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,524, issued on July 22, was assigned to Tyber Medical LLC (Bethlehem, Pa.).

"Extremity fusion plate assembly" was invented by Melissa D. Coale (Chester, N.J.), Matthew Bellenoit (Northampton, Pa.), Logan Schleicher (Slatington, Pa.), Olivia T. West (Canton, Ga.) and David Hannah (Nazareth, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fusion assembly includes a bone plate having a plurality of through openings extending therethrough. The through openings include at least one fusion screw opening sized to allow a screw guide to be at least partially inserted therein and a plurality of fixation screw through openings. The screw guide inclu...