ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,129, issued on Feb. 24.

"Transverse connecting device and reduction and fixation system using the same" was invented by Wei Zhang (Beijing), Zhongyang Liu (Beijing), Jiantao Li (Beijing), Hui Guo (Beijing), Junsong Wang (Beijing) and Peifu Tang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a transverse connecting device and a reduction and fixation system using the same. The transverse connecting device includes a connecting rod, wherein the connecting rod is provided with clamping heads, a lower end of each of the clamping heads is provided with two clamping arms, a clamping groove is formed between the two...