ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,008, issued on March 31, was assigned to NANOHIVE MEDICAL LLC (Woburn, Mass.).
"Dynamic implant fixation plate" was invented by Ian Helmar (Beverly, Mass.), Christopher Laine (Bellingham, Mass.), Lucas Diehl (Beverly, Mass.), Jason Tinley (Fort Worth, Texas), Kevin D. Chappuis (Malden, Mass.), John F. Sullivan (Pelham, N.H.) and Christine Emery (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The dynamic implant fixation plate and implant configured to accept the disclosed fixation plate can, in some aspects, provide a means of fixing an implant relative one or more planes while allowing motion relative to one or more planes. The u...