US Patent Issued to ASTURA MEDICAL on July 15 for "En Bloc connector" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,349, issued on July 15, was assigned to ASTURA MEDICAL INC. (Irving, Texas).

"En Bloc connector" was invented by Ross Dusterhoft (Irving, Texas) and Thomas Purcell (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An En Bloc connector configured to couple with multiple sequential reducers or extenders, such as spinal screw reducers, to correct a rotation deformity of the spine by turning or rotating the deformed spine structure toward a normal position. In the embodiments shown, the En Bloc connector holds three sequential reducers in the retracted configuration and four sequential reducers in the extended configuration."

The patent was...