US Patent Issued to INTEGRITY IMPLANTS on April 29 for "Length adjustable modular screw system" (Florida, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,200, issued on April 29, was assigned to INTEGRITY IMPLANTS INC. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

"Length adjustable modular screw system" was invented by Wyatt Drake Geist (Davie, Fla.) and John Souza Sr. (Monroe, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A length adjustable modular screw includes a neck assembly and a shank. The neck assembly has proximal and distal ends and includes an expander component and a collet component that are slidably engagable by insertion of the expander component in a through channel of the collet component along a common axis. The length adjustable modular screw also includes a shank suitable for insertion and r...