US Patent Issued to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES on Nov. 3 for "Coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,640, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).

"Coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element" was invented by Lutz Biedermann (VS-Villingen, Germany), Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany) and Berthold Dannecker (St. Georgen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling device for coupling a rod to a bone anchoring element includes a receiving part having a first end, a second end, an accommodation space for accommodating the head of the bone anchoring element, and an opening at the second end, and a pressure element positionable at least partially in the ...