US Patent Issued to Alphatec Spine on Dec. 16 for "Translational instrumentation for spondylolisthesis and scoliosis reduction" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,102, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Alphatec Spine Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Translational instrumentation for spondylolisthesis and scoliosis reduction" was invented by Paul Glazer (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument includes a distraction mechanism having a proximal end and an opposed distal end. The distal end includes opposed first and second end members. A first vertebral endplate spreader includes a proximal spreader section mounted to the first end member of the distraction mechanism. The first spreader also includes a distal spreader section operatively connected to the proximal spreader section for later...