US Patent Issued to Western Washington University on July 8 for "Distal-screw guiding system for interlocking intramedullary nail implants" (American, Jordanian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,947, issued on July 8, was assigned to Western Washington University (Bellingham, Wash.).

"Distal-screw guiding system for interlocking intramedullary nail implants" was invented by Sura Al-Qudah (Bellingham, Wash.), Ala' K. Al-Qudah (Irbid, Jordan) and Levi Smith (Olympia, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw locating system including an intramedullary nail, a locating hole at the distal end of the intramedullary nail, a locator pin including a hollow section, and a locating end configured to fit in the locating hole, a cap configured to fill in the locating hole when the locator pin is in the locating hole, a screw configure...