ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,154, issued on June 23, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"Bone anchoring device" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany) and Achim Schunemann (Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone anchoring device for anchoring a rod to a bone or vertebra includes a receiving part with two legs defining a channel for the rod and a variable configuration member with a first rod contact surface configured to extend axially above a bottom of the channel to contact the rod. When a rod is inserted in the channel, the variable configuration member is adjustable f...