US Patent Issued to Stryker European Operations on Oct. 20 for "Retrograde nail with bone plate" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,925, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Ltd. (Carrigtwohill, Ireland).

"Retrograde nail with bone plate" was invented by Nils Zander (Eckernforde, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fracture fixation system includes a bone nail configured to be inserted into a canal of a bone by insertion through a distal end of the bone, such that the first end of the bone nail is configured to be seated in a proximal end portion of the bone. The fixation system further includes a bone plate defining an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the bone plate is configured to abut a lateral surface ad...