ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,456, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MeduLoc LLC (Del Mar, Calif.).
"Implant and method for long bone fixation" was invented by Joshua Hustedt (Phoenix), Benjamin Arnold (San Diego), Brian Bowman (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Kristen Ybarra (Beaufort, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant and method for fixation of long bones. The implant provides rotational, longitudinal, and bending stability. The implant comprises one or more elongated members that span the intramedullary cavity of a long bone, a distal tip that expands radially relative to the long axis of the implant, and a locking mechanism at the proximal end of the impla...