ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,892, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MIMEO MEDICAL GmbH (Filderstadt, Germany).
"Bone-anchoring device for a pedicle access" was invented by Heiter-Julian Schlenker (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone anchoring device for anchoring and fixing vertebrae and for insertion into a pedicle canal is disclosed. A fork head having a U-shaped cut-out in a side view for a correction element, a connecting rod with two legs which terminate proximally and form a threaded section which engages with an adjusting means, wherein the legs have a radially outer circumferential area in which at least one retaining groove or other ...