US Patent Issued to University of Kentucky Research Foundation on Dec. 2 for "Antegrade retrograde recon femoral intramedullary nail system" (Kentucky, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,915, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Antegrade retrograde recon femoral intramedullary nail system" was invented by Arun Aneja (Lexington, Ky.), Lorenzo Deveza (Houston), Shea Comadoll (Lexington, Ky.) and Boshen Liu (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A femoral intramedullary device is capable of treating a variety of femoral bone fractures. The device includes an intramedullary nail capable of antegrade or retrograde insertion into the femur and having a shank long enough to extend into the shaft of the long bone and reach the corresponding distal area or p...