US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on April 29 for "Systems and methods for delivering bone cement to a bone anchor" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. RE50,403, issued on April 29, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for delivering bone cement to a bone anchor" was invented by Bryan S. Jones (West Roxbury, Mass.), Michael Michielli (Medway, Mass.), Mark Hall (Bridgewater, Mass.) and Kevin Lee (Canton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of stabilizing a first vertebra and a second vertebra includes implanting a first bone anchor into the first vertebra, implanting a second bone anchor into the second vertebra, connecting a first anchor connection instrument to the first anchor, connecting a second anchor connection instrument the sec...