ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,126, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Gitlin LLC (Naples, Fla.).
"Y-frame external bone fixator" was invented by David Gitlin (Naples, Fla.) and Lev Gitlin (Naples, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment of the invention, a fixator for fixating bone fractures includes a Y-frame having superior, anterior and posterior arms. The arms may be slotted and may accept mounting hardware for supporting fixation pins or transfixion pins. Various components of mounting hardware may be able to be adjusted either in discrete steps or in continuous manner, for various degrees of either translation or rotation. The Y-frame may be ri...