US Patent Issued to New Standard Device on Sept. 8 for "Orthopedic external fixator pin clamp" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,917, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to New Standard Device LLC (San Antonio).

"Orthopedic external fixator pin clamp" was invented by Robert E. Wigginton (McKinney, Texas), Thomas L. Hand (San Antonio), Ravi A. Karia (San Antonio) and Pedro Sandoval (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthopedic clamp for use in conjunction with an external bone fixation (EBF) device, comprising an upper clamp, comprising an upper portion of a pin channel; a lower clamp, comprising a lower portion of the pin channel; a flexible hinge coupled between the upper clamp and lower clamp; and a shaft hole that passes through the upper and lower ...