US Patent Issued to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY on May 19 for "Modular intramedullary fixation devices" (Kuwaiti Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,181, issued on May 19, was assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (Safat, Kuwait).

"Modular intramedullary fixation devices" was invented by Ahmed Ali Al-Shammasi (Safat, Kuwait) and Yagoub Abdulrahman Al Sayed Hashim (Safat, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The modular intramedullary fixation device is a multi-piece bone fixation device for insertion into the medullary cavity of a bone. In one embodiment, the modular intramedullary fixation device is formed from a plurality of substantially Z-shaped modular elements, which are assembled together to a desired length and width. In additional embodiments, the modular intramedullary fixation...