US Patent Issued on Sept. 29 for "Tension band systems and methods" (Virginia, Tennessee, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,045, issued on Sept. 29.

"Tension band systems and methods" was invented by Stephen B. Gunther (Keswick, Va.), Jacob Carroll (Memphis, Tenn.) and Richard Obert (Poway, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixation assembly may include an elongate fixation member, first and second cortical fixation elements, and a flexible tensioning element. The elongate fixation member may include a longitudinal passageway, a proximal portion couplable within a first bone fragment, and a distal portion couplable within a second bone fragment to provide relative fixation between the first and second bone fragments. The first and second corti...