US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on June 24 for "Systems and methods for reducing the risk of proximal junctional kyphosis using a bone anchor or other attachment point" (Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,740, issued on June 24, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Systems and methods for reducing the risk of proximal junctional kyphosis using a bone anchor or other attachment point" was invented by Christopher Mickiewicz (Bridgewater, Mass.), Michael O'Neil (West Barnstable, Mass.), Randal Betz (Ocean City, N.J.) and Baron Lonner (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for reducing the risk of PJK, PJF, and other conditions are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a longitudinal extension can be added to a primary fixation construct to extend the construct to one or more additional...