ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,472, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"Bone anchoring device" was invented by Lutz Biedermann (VS-Villingen, Germany) and Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone anchoring device includes an anchoring element, a receiving part having a first end, a second end, a channel for receiving a rod, an accommodation space at the second end for accommodating a head of the bone anchoring element, and at least one hole that extends transversely through the receiving part, a pressure element configured to engage the rod and the head to lock the h...