ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,126, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to TriMed Inc. (Santa Clarita, Calif.).

"Implant for fusing at least two bone components and method of fusing bone components using the implant" was invented by Robert Medoff (Kailua, Hawaii).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant for fusing at least two bone components and method of using the implant. The implant has a body with first and second anchoring portions. The first anchoring portion has a stem configured to be directed to within a first bone component and is further configured to cooperate with at least a first fastener usable to fix the stem in an operative position relative to the...