US Patent Issued to Universitatsspital Basel on Dec. 9 for "Osteosynthesis plate suitable as a replacement of a synarthrosis" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,014, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Universitatsspital Basel (Basel, Switzerland).

"Osteosynthesis plate suitable as a replacement of a synarthrosis" was invented by Henrik Eckardt (Binningen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An osteosynthesis plate as replacement of a synarthrosis includes two fixation plate segments for securing the osteosynthesis plate to two bones. The osteosynthesis plate has a connecting segment interconnecting the two fixation plate segments, the connecting segments protruding from the fixation plate segments."

The patent was filed on March 3, 2022, under Application No. 18/280,020.

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