ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,055, issued on May 26, was assigned to Paragon 28 Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Ligament fixation system, implants, and devices with a compression cap, and methods of use" was invented by Randy Allard (Golden, Colo.), Albert Dacosta (Lone Tree, Colo.), Sean Gill (Denver), Peter Andrew Mladinich (Parker, Colo.), Richard David Hunt (Arvada, Colo.), Frank S. Bono (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Benjamin Majors (Englewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Implants, devices, systems, and methods for achieving ligament fixation are disclosed. An implant comprises a cap member comprising an internally threaded opening extending from a first end the...