US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on July 14 for "Cranial fixation devices" (New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,200, issued on July 14, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Cranial fixation devices" was invented by Luke Douglas Kaiser (Greenwich, Conn.), Max Phoenix (Pepperell, Mass.), John Lurie (New York), Akanksha Singh (Apex, N.C.) and Mousa Hamad (Clifton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation device includes a body having a first axial end and a second axial end defining a longitudinal axis. The body has a longitudinal bore therein, and a longitudinal slot in a first side of the body extending laterally to the bore. A mounting bracket is connected to the first axial end at a second side opposite the sl...