ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,179, issued on May 19, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"Coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany), Berthold Dannecker (St. Georgen, Germany) and Bernd Fischer (Friedenweiler, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone anchoring device for coupling a rod to a bone includes a bone anchoring element with a head and a shank, a receiving part having an accommodation space for pivotably holding the head of the bone anchoring element, and a recess for receiving the rod, a pressure member for exerting pressure on the...