US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Oct. 14 for "Minimally invasive instrument set, devices, and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,248, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Minimally invasive instrument set, devices, and related methods" was invented by Joseph Peterson (South Dartmouth, Mass.) and Ralph Solitario Jr. (Pocasset, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of applying a locking cap to a bone anchor assembly. The bone anchor assembly includes a bone anchor and an elongate rod. The bone anchor includes a body that defines a channel and has a tissue retractor coupled thereto that defines a partial pathway to the channel."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/809,350.

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