ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,483, issued on April 14, was assigned to Randall F. Lee (Southlake, Texas).
"System and method for joining boney structures" was invented by Randall F. Lee (Southlake, Texas), Daniel S. Savage (Brecksville, Ohio) and Alan W. Rorke (Bristol Avon, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are system and methods that use at least one non-threaded anchor and an implant with at least one aperture to join boney structures, where the interaction of the head of the anchor with the implant aperture causes the anchor to move transversely with respect to an initial trajectory. This movement causes compression or distraction of the...