US Patent Issued to Braunvest on June 17 for "Systems, methods, and apparatus for spinal deformity correction" (Vermont Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,429, issued on June 17, was assigned to Braunvest LLC (Charlotte, Vt.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatus for spinal deformity correction" was invented by John T. Braun (Charlotte, Vt.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bone anchors and related systems and methods for spinal deformity correction. In some implementations, two adjacent bone anchors may be advanced into respective, adjacent vertebral bodies of a spinal column. Cancellous bone may be compacted within respective inner chambers of the bone anchors. The inner chambers may comprise at least one of a plurality of bone engaging protrusions and a profile that increases in cross-sect...