US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Dec. 2 for "Bone fixation devices, systems, and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,939, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Bone fixation devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Justin Haller (Salt Lake City), T. Wade Fallin (Hyde Park, Utah) and Colin S. Gregersen (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fixation assembly may include a male member removably couplable with a female member. The male member may include a male load-sharing feature having at least one male load-sharing surface. The female member may include a female load-sharing feature having at least one female load-sharing surface. The female load-sharing feature may be posit...