ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,448, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Nexus Spine LLC (Salt Lake City).
"Press-on link for surgical screws" was invented by David T. Hawkes (Pleasant Grove, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupling assembly that is configured to couple a surgical screw to another coupling assembly and another surgical screw is disclosed. The coupling assembly comprises a body that includes a receptacle configured to receive a head portion of the surgical screw and hold the head portion through an interference fit. The body further includes either a female member, a male member, or both, the female member and the male member configured to mate...