ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,599, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Orthofix S.R.L. (Verona, Italy).
"Telescopic intramedullary nail" was invented by Daniele Venturini (Povegliano, Italy) and Marco Magni (Ferrara, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A telescopic intramedullary nail for the treatment of fractures or deformations of long bones, such as for example in the case of osteogenesis imperfecta or pseudoarthrosis, extended along a longitudinal axis. The telescopic intramedullary nail may include a hollow stem and a rod telescopically coupled inside said hollow stem. A structure may constrain the hollow stem and said rod in rotation about said longitudinal ...