US Patent Issued to 3SPINE on July 29 for "Methods and devices for altering spinal lordosis and/or kyphosis during spinal fusion" (Tennessee, Alaska, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,060, issued on July 29, was assigned to 3SPINE Inc. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

"Methods and devices for altering spinal lordosis and/or kyphosis during spinal fusion" was invented by Marc M Peterman (Duxbury, Mass.), Steven C Humphreys (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Scott Hodges (Soldatna, Alaska).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, devices, methods and surgical procedures for altering and/or correcting the alignment of adjacent bones, including bones of the spine, during spinal fusion or similar procedures."

The patent was filed on Aug. 22, 2023, under Application No. 18/236,924.

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