ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,499, issued on Nov. 11.
"Spine surgery methods and devices" was invented by Scott Spann (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed methods, devices, and systems are suitable for performing minimally-invasive procedures for accessing the intervertebral space along an oblique pathway with an insertion instrument that holds a disc implant, and reorienting the angular relationship between instrument and implant while the implant is inside the body (for example at or within the disc space)."
The patent was filed on July 1, 2025, under Application No. 19/257,087.
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