ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,999, issued on March 31, was assigned to THORAGENIX INNOVATIONS INC. (Boca Raton, Fla.).
"System and method to fuse bone" was invented by Frederick J. Thabet II (Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Ravi Kanagala (Highlands Ranch, Colo.) and James Searle (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods include a method to fuse two sections of bone. The method includes various operations such as accessing the chest cavity (e.g., by severing the sternum) and preparing the sternal edges of the two sections of bone. Sternal wires are implanted around the two sections of bone to create a cradle in a space between the two se...