ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,157, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Forma Medical Inc. (Camp Hill, Pa.).

"System for joint fixation of extremity bone and related methods" was invented by James A. Gault (Lincoln, R.I.), Andrew Charles Davison (Hummelstown, Pa.), Christopher F. Hyer (Worthington, Ohio) and Jesse F. Doty (Hixson, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixation system configured to fix one or more bone segments of extremity bones is provided."

The patent was filed on March 13, 2025, under Application No. 19/078,434.

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