ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,245, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Uni-planer bone fixation assembly" was invented by Dustin M. Harvey (Pottstown, Pa.), Brian Dec (Exton, Pa.) and Tom Keyer (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixation assembly includes a plurality of bone fixation elements that each include a bone anchor configured to be implanted into underlying bone, such as a vertebra. Each bone anchor is received in an anchor seat, and the anchor seats are joined by a fixation rod so as to operatively couple and fix the position and orientation of the vertebrae relative to each other. The ...