ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,182, issued on May 19, was assigned to In2Bones (Ecully, France).
"Arthrodesis device" was invented by Stephen Kearns (Barna, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an ankle arthrodesis device comprising a pin (1) intended to be implanted in a tibia (Ti), a talus (Ta) and a calcaneus (Ca), the pin (1) comprising a proximal portion (2) extending along a first direction (A-A'), and a distal portion (4) extending along a second direction (B-B') that intersects the first direction (A-A'), the distal portion (4) being provided with a first oblong attachment opening along the second direction (B-B'), the device comp...