US Patent Issued to Medos International Sarl on May 27 for "Multi-feature polyaxial screw" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,631, issued on May 27, was assigned to Medos International Sarl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Multi-feature polyaxial screw" was invented by Christopher Mickiewicz (Bridgewater, Mass.), Ellen Roberts (Mendon, Mass.), Alec Manson (Boston), Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.) and Paul S. Maguire (Hope Valley, R.I.).

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...