US Patent Issued to Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic on Oct. 14 for "Surgical plate fastener cartridge" (Florida, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,252, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Zimmer Biomet CMF and Thoracic LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Surgical plate fastener cartridge" was invented by Saddy Rodolfo Garcia (St. Augustine, Fla.), Jose Ramos (Jersey City, N.J.) and Kevin Lee Teston (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener cartridge can include a body defining a plurality of retention bores that can each extend through the body and can each be configured to retain a fastener therein. The cartridge can also include a boss, a cam, and an actuator. The boss can extend from the body and can be insertable into a connection bore of a bone plate to align eac...