US Patent Issued to Medline Industries on Nov. 3 for "Compression device, bone plate, bone plate assembly, kit, and method" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,647, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Medline Industries LP (Northfield, Ill.).

"Compression device, bone plate, bone plate assembly, kit, and method" was invented by Ryan Niver (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression device made of a superelastic material having a peripheral portion with an upper surface, a lower surface, and a central opening extending therethrough is provided. Tips of one or more resilient structures of the compression device project inward of the peripheral portion and form an opening. The one or more resilient structures are configured to exert a biasing force in a direction when deformed in...