ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,113, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Howmedica Osteonics Corp. (Mahwah, N.J.).
"Bone reattachment system" was invented by Viktor Erik Krebs (Rocky River, Ohio), Justin Moidel (Verona, N.J.) and Elizabeth Gonzales (Hoboken, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone reattachment system includes an intramedullary implant that includes a longitudinal axis that extends between a first end and a second end thereof, and a stem body that defines at least the second end and is configured to be received within an intramedullary canal of a long bone. The system also includes a clamping assembly for clamping a first bone segment to a second ...