US Patent Issued to Xander Medical on Oct. 20 for "Interlock fastener" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,929, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Xander Medical (Williston, Vt.).

"Interlock fastener" was invented by Alexandra Bisaccia (Williston, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastener device has a proximal head, a shaft extending from the proximal head and having external threads on at least a portion of the shaft, and a chamber extending internally from the proximal head into the shaft. At least a portion of the chamber has internal threads. The external threads have a first handedness, and the internal threads have a second handedness different from the first handedness."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2025, under Application...