US Patent Issued to Vilex on Sept. 22 for "Compression staple systems and methods" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,781, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Vilex LLC (Park City, Utah).

"Compression staple systems and methods" was invented by Nathan W. Erickson (Collinston, Utah), Joseph W. Foley (Logan, Utah), James Robbins (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 compression staple system for bone fixation may include a first drill, configured to create a first hole in a bone, and a drill guide. The drill guide may include a handle, a foot portion coupled to the handle, a first guide sleeve slidably received in the foot portion and i...