ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,107, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Fracture fixation system" was invented by Nils Zander (Eckernforde, Germany), Manfred Wieland (Kiel, Germany), Bernd Simon (Kiel, Germany) and James Durham (Cork, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fracture fixation system includes a fixation element and a peg. The fixation element has a plate and a barrel, the plate having an outer surface and an inner surface for placement against an exterior surface of a bone, and the barrel extending along a barrel axis and having a peripheral wall protruding from the inner surface of the pla...