ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,048, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"System of a bone anchor and an elongate instrument" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a bone anchor including a shank having a first end, a second end, a channel extending through the shank with a channel axis, and an internal advancement structure having at least a portion being closer axially to the second end than to the first end, and an elongate instrument configured to extend through the channel, with a tip portion and an external advancement structure co...