ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,731, issued on May 12, was assigned to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY (Nashville, Tenn.).
"Hinged dorsal spanning plate" was invented by Panambur Laxminarayan Bhandari (Nashville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a dorsal spanning plate assembly comprising a first plate member that can be fixed to a bone or bone fragment distal to a distal radius fracture and a second plate member that can be fixed to a bone or bone fragment proximal to the distal radius fracture. In an aspect, the dorsal spanning plate assembly includes a joint such as, for example, a hinge joint or a ball-and-socket joint, wherein...