ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,645, issued on May 27, was assigned to DEANNALYN INC. (Clermont, Fla.).
"Pedicle screw remover" was invented by John Kriete (Clermont, Fla.) and Deanna Kriete (Clermont, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedicle screw remover includes a body, a driver head, forward and rear driver rods and a handle. The driver head is outwardly expandable via advancement of the driver rods to engage a pedicle screw and socket. Once engaged, the entire device is rotatable via the handle to withdraw the engaged screw and socket. The driver head is removable from the body and replaceable with other driver heads."
The patent was filed on Nov. 3, 202...