US Patent Issued to NuVasive on Aug. 25 for "Intramedullary device for ankle fusion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,479, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).

"Intramedullary device for ankle fusion" was invented by Adam G. Beckett (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Youngsam Bae (Placentia, Calif.) and Gabriel Buenviaje (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the disclosure relates to an intramedullary device configured for ankle fusion. The intramedullary device for ankle fusion includes: a housing configured to be coupled to a calcaneus bone; and a rod configured to be coupled to a tibia bone, wherein a distal end of the housing includes an external thread. The rod is configured for telescopic movement rel...