US Patent Issued on July 28 for "Combined intramedullary - extramedullary bone stabilization and alignment system" (Minnesota, Idaho Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,903, issued on July 28.

"Combined intramedullary - extramedullary bone stabilization and alignment system" was invented by Andrew D Lundquist (Edina, Minn.) and Jonathan Fisher (Sandpoint, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a combined intramedullary and extramedullary bone stabilization and alignment system, which includes both methods and apparatuses for the alignment and stabilization of a first bone or piece of bone to a second bone or piece of bone. Embodiments of the system may include an implant device which has an elongated framework within the intramedullary portion and an extramedullary portion which are cannu...