ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,562, issued on May 13, was assigned to Alphatec Spine Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Retractor blade devices and related methods" was invented by Andrew W. Rajek (Escondido, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are retractor blade devices, such as blade extenders and tissue shims, as well as drivers and kits for utilizing such retractor blade devices. Exemplary retractor blade devices include a retractor blade engagement portion having a body portion configured to sit at least partially in a channel of a retractor blade. The body portion has a first retention component extending therefrom. Exemplary retractor blade devic...