ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,191, issued on May 19.

"Pelvic internal fixation device and methods of using the same" was invented by Giovanni Francesco Solitro (Shreveport, La.), R. Shane Barton (Shreveport, La.), Massimo Morandi (Shreveport, La.) and Brad Chauvin (Shreveport, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention are drawn to a pelvic internal fixation system and methods of using the same to fix one hemipelvis to the other."

The patent was filed on March 4, 2022, under Application No. 18/280,417.

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