US Patent Issued to Smith & Nephew, Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics, Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific on Dec. 16 for "Bone anchor delivery system" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,062, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Smith & Nephew Inc., Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics AG (Zug, Switzerland) and Smith & Nephew Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Bone anchor delivery system" was invented by Carolyn Marie Krasniak (Melrose, Mass.) and Cori Grace Pierce (Salem, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for delivering an anchor member to a bone of a patient may include a bone punch including an elongate shaft, a head at a proximal end of the elongate shaft, and a piercing tip at a distal end of the elongate shaft. The piercing tip may be configured to be driven into the bone. An anchor member may be dis...