US Patent Issued to Chip Shot Partners on June 2 for "External fixator apparatus and method" (Arizona, Wyoming, Connecticut, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,561, issued on June 2, was assigned to Chip Shot Partners LLC (Weston, Conn.).

"External fixator apparatus and method" was invented by Tedd L. Weisman (Weston, Conn.), David Rechberger (Niwot, Colo.), Randall Allard (Golden, Colo.), Craig W. Lynn (Tucson, Ariz.) and Caleb Pridey (Laramie, Wyo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved external fixator assembly for fixating fractures that includes a proximal frame assembly, a distal frame assembly and a polyaxial joint. The polyaxial joint comprises articulating components that engage to have multi-axial or polyaxial translational motion to allow for distraction/reduction and adjustme...