ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,412, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Surgical Design Innovations II LLC (Johnston, Iowa).

"Bone fracture fixation device and related systems and methods" was invented by Shannon M. Rush (San Jose, Calif.), Troy J. Boffeli (Woodbury, Minn.), Graham Hamilton (Concord, Calif.), Michael Lee (Johnston, Iowa), Jordan Grossman (Akron, Ohio), Mark Hardy (Lakewood, Ohio) and Brogan McGuire (Johnston, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The various embodiments disclosed herein relate to bone fixation devices, including intramedullary fixation or fusion devices. The various devices disclosed include an intermedullary device having a proximal...