US Patent Issued on Nov. 11 for "Translaminar pedicle anchor suspension system and pedicle anchor thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,407, issued on Nov. 11.

"Translaminar pedicle anchor suspension system and pedicle anchor thereof" was invented by Chien-Yu Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A translaminar pedicle anchor suspension system (referred as T-PAS system) applicable to vertebral surgeries is disclosed. The T-PAS system comprises: at least one pedicle anchor capable of being fixed to a pedicle of a lower vertebral segment, at least one suspension ligament having one end thereof fixed to the pedicle anchor, and at least one washer capable of fixing the other end of the suspension ligament to a contralateral side of a lamina of an upper vert...