US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on July 22 for "Multi-feature polyaxial screw" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,515, issued on July 22, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Multi-feature polyaxial screw" was invented by Christopher Mickiewicz (Bridgewater, Mass.), Ellen Roberts (Mendon, Mass.) and Alec Manson (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Bone anchor assemblies are disclosed herein that provide for a single bone anchor assembly that can be utilized across a range of spinal surgical procedures, reduce manufacturing burden and cost, and provide for greater flexibility during a surgical procedure. The bone anchor assemblies disclosed herein include an implantable shank and a receiver member having two spaced...