US Patent Issued to Vilex on July 21 for "Compression staple systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,528, issued on July 21, was assigned to Vilex LLC (Park City, Utah).

"Compression staple systems and methods" was invented by Nathan W. Erickson (Collinston, Utah), Tristan T. Spencer (Logan, Utah), Brock L. Johnson (Draper, Utah), Daniel J. Triplett (Huntsville, Utah) and Robert Willoughby (Heber, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for bone fixation using a compression staple system may include loading a compression staple including legs into an inserter, positioning a drill guide proximate first and second bone portions, using the drill guide and a drill to create a first and second hole in the first and second bone porti...