ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,961, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KINAMED INC. (Camarillo, Calif.).
"Sternotomy closure technique using polymeric cable" was invented by Clyde Ronald Pratt (Somis, Calif.), Adam Lee Nelson (Camarillo, Calif.), Robert Arthur Bruce (Ventura, Calif.) and Vineet Kumar Sarin (Moorpark, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sternotomy closure technique is suitably carried out with a cerclage mechanism, which is capable of maintaining proper bony compression (within a desired range) across the sternum cut, in spite of a range of external forces and significant lateral distraction due to these external forces. The sternum fragments ...