ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,948, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to CarboFix Spine Inc. (N.C.).

"Devices, assemblies, kits, systems and methods for shaping of elongated elements containing thermoplastic polymers" was invented by Oren Globerman (Kfar-Shmaryahu, Israel), Mordechay Beyar (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Daniel Umansky (Kfar Saba, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, assemblies, kits, systems and methods for shaping of elongated elements containing thermoplastic polymers are disclosed."

The patent was filed on March 5, 2020, under Application No. 17/435,786.

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