US Patent Issued to FOUNDATION SURGICAL GROUP on Dec. 9 for "Vertebral implant system and methods of use" (New Hampshire, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,078, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FOUNDATION SURGICAL GROUP INC. (Bradenton, Fla.).

"Vertebral implant system and methods of use" was invented by Randal R. Betz (Bradenton, Fla.) and Dale E. Whipple (Nashua, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertebral implant system is provided comprising an upper staple, a lower staple and a vertical member. In some embodiments, the vertical member is a plate. In some embodiments, the plate further comprises an offset guide that defines an offset dimension to contribute to a correction of an alignment of a vertebral body. In some embodiments, the staple defines an offset dimension to contrib...