US Patent Issued to Timothy Leak on Sept. 29 for "Apparatus for stablization of a bone fracture site" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,047, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Timothy Leak (Austin, Texas).

"Apparatus for stablization of a bone fracture site" was invented by Timothy Leak (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for stabilization of a bone fracture site, including a wire that is configured to be positioned through corresponding holes of a first bone and an adjacent second bone; and a tension washer coupled to a first end of the wire, the tension washer rotatable about the first end of the wire, wherein the wire is configured to be positioned through the corresponding holes of the first and the second bone, the tension washer is conf...