US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Dec. 2 for "System and method for inserting a fastener into bone" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,944, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"System and method for inserting a fastener into bone" was invented by Megan Stockdill (West Chester, Pa.), Benjamin Barrall (West Chester, Pa.) and Peter Van Citters (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion guide for guiding a fastener having a head and a shaft. The insertion guide includes a sidewall constructed of a biocompatible material having an entrance end, an exit end, and a cavity extending from the entrance end to the exit end. The sidewall has a guide portion and a fastener connector portion. The guide portion of the ...