ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,410, issued on April 14, was assigned to ADVANCED TRAUMA SOLUTIONS LLC (Decatur, Ga.).
"Multi-clamp apparatus for external bone fixator" was invented by Bruce H. Ziran (Decatur, Ga.) and Patrick Kelly Capeheart (Dahlonega, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a multi-clamp apparatus for an orthopedic exterior fixator are disclosed. One embodiment of the multi-clamp apparatus has two clamp arms, each having a plurality of opposing crescentic channels that, when pressed together, are of a length, size, and shape to engage and secure a plurality of bone pins. An outrigger bar extends from each of the clamp arms for attachm...