US Patent Issued to Acumed on Feb. 25 for "Bone anchor insertion system having inserter coupling and decoupling" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,950, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Acumed LLC (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Bone anchor insertion system having inserter coupling and decoupling" was invented by Brandon Wedam (North Plains, Ore.), Travis Cox (North Plains, Ore.), Steven P. Horst (Dayton, Ore.) and Tristan Sommers (Beaverton, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bone anchors and bone anchor insertion systems are provided that enable smaller bone holes for inserting a bone anchor by eliminating the need for a cannula. Smaller bone holes may help reduce patient recovery times. The provided bone anchor includes two flexible wings extending from a base portion that splay away ...