ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,184, issued on May 19, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).
"Dynamic nail-plate combination" was invented by Nils Zander (Eckernforde, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fracture fixation system includes an intramedullary nail having a proximal nail hole, wherein an inner surface of the proximal nail hole has a non-circular shape in a plane perpendicular to an axis along which the proximal nail hole extends; a plate having an inner surface for placement against a surface of a bone, the plate defining a proximal plate hole adjacent a proximal end of the plate extending through the plate; and ...