US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on Feb. 17 for "Surgical devices for applying compression within or across joints" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,248, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Surgical devices for applying compression within or across joints" was invented by Maris V. Prieditis (Naples, Fla.) and Darren Thomsen (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical devices for performing orthopedic surgeries are provided and are capable of generating and applying compression within or across a joint. The surgical devices may include a slider assembly that includes at least one slider configured to move within an outer body. A ring may be disposed about the slider for reducing contact between the slider and the outer body, thereby improving...