ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,323, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).
"Inserter guide and driver system" was invented by Carl Livorsi (Raynham, Mass.), Francisco Amaral (Raynham, Mass.), Matthew Posluszny (Raynham, Mass.), Raymond Murphy (Raynham, Mass.) and David Gerber (Raynham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a guide device and a driver, which allows for the preparation of an anatomic cavity for screw fixation of an implant or spacer, including the guidance for hole preparation, and guidance for insertion of screws, and or anchors, while selecting the amount of rigidity, and selecting the a...