ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,890, issued on July 28.
"Extracorporeal bone compressing link and apparatus and method using same" was invented by William Casey Fox (Pipe Creek, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extracorporeal bone compressing link and apparatus and method using same. Active devices that incorporate the extracorporeal bone compressing link can transport and compress bone through external means by acting on conventional bone fasteners including but not limited bone fasteners including but not limited to screws, pins or wires that penetrate through the skin and fixate into bone."
The patent was filed on Nov. 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/...