US Patent Issued to BioTissue on June 17 for "Set for the endoscopic fixation of an implant in an intervertebral disk by means of a nail or pin" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,394, issued on June 17, was assigned to BioTissue SA (Geneva).

"Set for the endoscopic fixation of an implant in an intervertebral disk by means of a nail or pin" was invented by Michaela Endres (Geneva), Jan-Philipp Kruger (Geneva) and Sebastian Schroder (Geneva).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a set for the endoscopic fixation of an implant by means of a nail or pin. It comprises the following: an applicator sheath insertable through an endoscope into an intervertebral disk and through which an implant is insertable into an intervertebral disk defect; a drill wire guide sheath sized to be insertable into the ...