US Patent Issued to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS on Nov. 3 for "Acromioclavicular hook plate" (Swiss, Italian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,636, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS INC. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Acromioclavicular hook plate" was invented by Martin Zenker (Zuchwil, Switzerland), Andre Galm (Basel, Switzerland), Daniel Andermatt (Mohlin, Switzerland), Martin Bammerlin (Basel, Switzerland), Gianluca Tordi (Riccione, Italy) and Martin Jaeger (Freiburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone plate for treating acromioclavicular dislocations includes a shaft including a lateral portion sized and shaped to be positioned along a superior aspect of a lateral clavicle, the shaft including a plurality of openings extending therethrough for recei...