ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,192, issued on May 19, was assigned to MIMEO MEDICAL GmbH (Filderstadt, Germany).
"Bone anchor for the optimized cement application" was invented by Frank Heuer (Filderstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone anchor for the fixation of bone components and bone fragments is disclosed including a shaft, a neck area and a head located in proximal direction, and a tip located in distal direction, the bone anchor having a substantially cylindrically shaped hollow chamber extending along the central axis, the hollow chamber being adjacent to a transition area located distally from a central plane. The transition area is located ...