ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,973, issued on July 28, was assigned to Tenon Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Methods and prostheses for stabilizing bone structures" was invented by Richard S Ginn (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods are described for stabilizing dysfunctional bone structures. The methods include the step of providing prostheses having an elongated body with dual, i.e., first and second, threaded ends and an intervening central region. The threaded ends have helical threads wound thereon that extend from the intervening central region to the ends of the first and second threaded ends. The methods further include the steps of cr...