ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,174, issued on July 8, was assigned to ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, Texas).
"Fixation member inserter instrument" was invented by Fred Murillo (Irving, Texas) and Thomas Purcell (Irving, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixation member inserter instrument attaches to an interbody spacer and assists in the insertion of the interbody spacer into the intravertebral spacer. The distal end of the fixation member inserter instrument includes a fixation member guide with two or more fixation members that is configured to simultaneously deliver the two or more fixation members during the fixation member impaction process. The interbody s...