US Patent Issued to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 18 for "Coupling device for coupling a bone anchor to a rod and bone anchoring device with such a coupling device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,407, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).

"Coupling device for coupling a bone anchor to a rod and bone anchoring device with such a coupling device" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany), Wilfried Matthis (Weisweil, Germany) and Bernd Fischer (Braunlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device for coupling a bone anchor to a rod includes a receiving part having a longitudinal axis, a channel for receiving a rod, and an accommodation space for holding a head of a bone anchor, a pressure member having a first portion for holding and clamp...