US Patent Issued to ARTHREX on June 16 for "Fragment registration and associated methods for repairing fractured bones" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,618, issued on June 16, was assigned to ARTHREX INC. (Naples, Fla.).

"Fragment registration and associated methods for repairing fractured bones" was invented by Nick Metcalfe (Bonita Springs, Fla.) and Sergii Poltaretskyi (Ependes FR, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bone fractures may be associated with one or more fragments separated from a bone. The fractured bone may be captured with an imaging device. The disclosed systems may be configured to predict or otherwise determine a position of the fragments prior to occurrence of the bone fracture. The determined position may be utilized to position and secure the fragments...