ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,418, issued on April 14, was assigned to Paragon Advanced Technologies Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).
"Bone fixation devices" was invented by Gregory J. Kowalczyk (Little Silver, N.J.), Selene G. Parekh (Durham, N.C.) and Brian R. McLaughlin (Yarmouth, Maine).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is a fixation device for promoting fusion and/or osteosynthesis of a first bone segment and a second bone segment, comprising a bone plate portion including an outer surface, an inner surface and at least one fixation aperture extending from the outer surface to the inner surface and a bone wedge portion extending from the plate portion at a first ...