Abstract
News editors obtained the following quote from the background information suppli ed by the inventors:“Orthopedics is a medical specialty concerned with the corr ection of deformities or functional impairmentsof the skeletal system, especial ly the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, such as musclesand ligaments. Some orthopedic surgical procedures require surgeons to secure a dev ice to one or morebones of a patient. For example, in some procedures, the surg eon may span and secure one or more bones, or pieces of a single bone, using a b one plate and one or more fasteners, such as screws. Otherbone-related surgical procedures, however, may not require a bone plate and may instead solely rely o nthe use of one or more screws (e.g., securing a transplanted tendon).
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