US Patent Issued to BraunVest on Feb. 25 for "Cortical/cancellous bone probes and related surgical methods" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,781, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to BraunVest LLC (Charlotte, Vt.).

"Cortical/cancellous bone probes and related surgical methods" was invented by John T. Braun (Charlotte, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vertebral probes for spinal surgeries and related surgical methods. In some embodiments, the probe may comprise a bicortical, vertebral probe that may comprise a shaft and a distal tip configured to penetrate a vertebral body to facilitate subsequent placement of a bone anchor providing bicortical purchase within the vertebral body. One or more features for facilitating safe placement of the probe may be provided, such as mak...