US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations Holdings on March 17 for "Implant system for bone fixation" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,865, issued on March 17, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Implant system for bone fixation" was invented by Ole Prien (Kiel, Germany), Matthias Rump (Schoenkirchen, Germany) and Hendrik Kluever (Schoenkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant system for use in orthopaedic surgery for fixation of bone includes an intramedullary nail and a coupling member. The intramedullary nail includes a proximal portion defining a longitudinal axis. The proximal portion includes an axial bore defining an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the proximal portion and a tr...