US Patent Issued to University of Utah Research Foundation on Sept. 22 for "Active compression bone screw" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,816, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to University of Utah Research Foundation (Salt Lake City).

"Active compression bone screw" was invented by Colin S. Gregersen (Salt Lake City), T. Wade Fallin (Hyde Park, Utah) and Charles L. Saltzman (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone screw may be insertable into a bone, and may have a proximal member, a distal member with bone-engaging threads, wherein the distal member is configured to slidably engage the proximal member such that a variable-length cavity is defined within the proximal member and the distal member, and a tension member residing at least partially within th...