US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation on Aug. 19 for "Interspinous spacer with a range of deployment positions and methods and systems" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,340, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corp. (Valencia, Calif.).

"Interspinous spacer with a range of deployment positions and methods and systems" was invented by Zdzislaw Bernard Malinowski (Castaic, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interspinous spacer includes a body having a channel and at least one slot; an arm actuator defining a threaded channel; an actuator screw including a shaft with a threaded distal portion partially disposed in the channel of the body and the threaded channel of the arm actuator; a first pin arranged to move along the slot of the body; a second pin; and first an...