ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,450, issued on March 24, was assigned to PS Ortho LLC (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).
"Bone fixation devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Edward Perez (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.), Jan Szatkowski (Indianapolis), Nephi Zufelt (Pocatello, Idaho) and Corey Johnson (Rochester, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined inserter for insertion of an intramedullary nail and a bone plate together. The combined inserter includes a body that includes a longitudinal axis, a distal end, and a proximal end. The combined inserter includes an intramedullary nail coupler coupled to the body and configured to couple to an intramedullary nail; and a...