US Patent Issued to INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES on Jan. 13 for "Instruments, systems, and methods for securing anchors, elastomeric devices, and other elements in bone" (Georgia, Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,107, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to INTERNATIONAL LIFE SCIENCES LLC (Marietta, Ga.).

"Instruments, systems, and methods for securing anchors, elastomeric devices, and other elements in bone" was invented by Justin C. Sluder (Dallas, Ga.), L. Chase Thornburg (Cumming, Ga.), Aaron C. Smith (Marietta, Ga.), Jantzen Cole (Marietta, Ga.) and Mark E. Wiltshire (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instruments, systems, and methods for securing anchors, elastomeric devices, and other elements in bone. In one example, an instrument includes a collar movable between a locked configuration that prevents an insertion shaft of ...