Patent Application Titled 'Intraosseous Intramedullary Fixation Assembly And Method Of Use' Published Online (USPTO 20210267648)

摘要

2021 SEP 21 (NewsRx) - By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Disease Prevention Daily - According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors Gannoe, Jamy (West Milford, NJ, US); Kiefer, Lawrence (Lafayette, NJ, US); Tyber, Jeff (Bethlehem, PA, US), filed on May 18, 2021, was made available online on September 2, 2021. The assignee for this patent application is Extremity Medical LLC (Parsippany, New Jersey, United States). Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "Orthopedic implant devices, such as intramedullary nails, plates, rods and screws are often used to repair or reconstruct bones and joints affected by trauma, degeneration, deformity and disease, such as Charcot arthropathy caused by diabetes in some patients, Hallux Valgus deformities, failed Keller Bunionectomies, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and severe deformities. "Moreover, infections and wound complications are a major concern in the aforementioned procedures. Wound closure is technically demanding for the surgeon, and devices that add surface prominence, such as plates or exposed screws, add to the difficulty by requiring greater tissue tension during incision reap-proximation. This increases the risk of postoperative wound infections and dehiscence that may ultimately result in limb amputation.