US Patent Issued to MEDSHAPE on May 26 for "Resorption-controlled compression devices and processes for making and using the same" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,045, issued on May 26, was assigned to MEDSHAPE INC. (Atlanta).

"Resorption-controlled compression devices and processes for making and using the same" was invented by Jeremy Webster Blair (Atlanta), Ryan Walter O'Flaherty (Atlanta) and David Lee Safranski (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device can include a first anchor for attachment to a first bone fragment and a second anchor for attachment to a second bone fragment. The second anchor attachment can be coupled to the first anchor via a compression element between the first anchor and the second anchor. The medical device can include a resorbable element maintaini...