ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,428, issued on March 24, was assigned to Brook Orthopaedics Ltd (County Galway, Ireland).
"Clamp and cable" was invented by Conor Hurley (County Galway, Ireland), Robert Hurley (County Galway, Ireland) and Patrick Hurley (County Galway, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone clamp (1, 200, 300) for use in fixation of a fractured bone, or prevention of fracture of a bone, the clamp (1, comprising a pair of handles (2a, 2b) joined together at a pivot point (5), the handles (2a, 2b) each having an arcuate jaw (4a 4b), the arcuate jaws (4a, 4b) comprising a first end (7a, 7b) having an opening at a proximal end (12a, 12b) of the ...