US Patent Issued to ExsoMed on July 21 for "Intramedullary threaded nail for radial cortical fixation" (Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,571, issued on July 21, was assigned to ExsoMed Corp. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Intramedullary threaded nail for radial cortical fixation" was invented by Lloyd P. Champagne (Phoenix), Jozef Zoldos (Phoenix), Richard Thomas Briganti (Bala Cynwyd, Pa.) and Andrew J. Leither (Akron, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device and system for fixation of intra-articular and extra-articular fractures and non-unions of small bones and other small bone fragments, and more particularly to a threaded nail with a robust length and a trailing end with a cutting tip and longitudinal cutting flutes and a stepped di...