US Patent Issued to SMITH & NEPHEW, SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS, SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC on Aug. 25 for "External fixation strut" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,466, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SMITH & NEPHEW INC. (Memphis, Tenn.), SMITH & NEPHEW ORTHOPAEDICS AG (Zug, Switzerland) and SMITH & NEPHEW ASIA PACIFIC PTE. Ltd. (Singapore).

"External fixation strut" was invented by Andrew Noblett (Bartlett, Tenn.), Johnny R. Mason (Bartlett, Tenn.) and Paul Bell (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the invention include an external fixation system that includes at least one external fixation strut that is both acutely adjustable and precisely adjustable and related methods of adjustment. Acute adjustment may be accomplished using one or more mobile jaws that may be ...