US Patent Issued to Zimmer on Dec. 23 for "Force-sensing rib clip" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,243, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Zimmer Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Force-sensing rib clip" was invented by Jeremie Gaudreau (Ottawa), Mitchell Muir (Philadelphia), Hillary Overholser (Goshen, Ind.) and Aleks Kostov (Uxbridge, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A force-sensing rib clip comprises an upper shell, a lower shell and a rib clip. The upper shell comprises an elongate body, an exterior surface of the elongate body, a rib-receiving channel extending along an interior surface of the upper shell and a ridge extending along the rib-receiving channel. The lower shell is configured to mate with the exterior surface. The load ...