ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,212, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to INNOVATE ORTHOPAEDICS Ltd. (Slaithwaite, Great Britain).
"Fixation device and method of manufacture and use" was invented by Andrew Michael Williams (London) and Alexander John Gutteridge (Huddersfield, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a compression fixation between a first and further component. The apparatus comprises an elongate body having a head end and a tip end and comprising a screw thread including a first region in which the screw thread has a corresponding first pitch and a further region, extending from the tip end, in w...