US Patent Issued to Dignity Health on Aug. 12 for "Systems and methods for a spinal shield for protecting the spinal cord and dura during surgical procedures" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,251, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Dignity Health (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for a spinal shield for protecting the spinal cord and dura during surgical procedures" was invented by Michael A. Bohl (San Francisco), Randall Porter (San Francisco) and Udaya Kumar Kakarla (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a spinal shield having a shield body including a plurality of lateral extensions configured to be positioned over an exposed spinal canal for establishing a protective barrier around the contents of the exposed spinal canal are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Feb. 15, 2024, under A...