ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 20 -- Acumed, Hillsboro, Oregon, has been assigned a patent (9,707,022) developed by three co-inventors for a "bone plate supported by a leg member and used as a lever." The co-inventors are Randall J. Huebner, Portland, Oregon, Joshua P. Federspiel, Portland, Oregon, and Carol-Lynn E. Connors, Portland, Oregon.

The patent application was filed on Aug. 15, 2016 (15/237,449). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser . . .