US Patent Issued to Eminent Spine on Nov. 11 for "Minimally invasive spinal instrument and method for use of same" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,396, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Eminent Spine LLC (Plano, Texas).

"Minimally invasive spinal instrument and method for use of same" was invented by Stephen Courtney (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A minimally invasive spinal instrument and method for use of the same are disclosed. In some embodiments, a body includes an outer shaft and an inner shaft. A passageway accepts the inner shaft such that the outer shaft at least partially encloses the inner shaft. Each of the outer shaft and the inner shaft have spaced rings with locking grooves interleaved therewith. Each set of locking grooves is sized to accept a cla...