ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,787, issued on April 22, was assigned to Misonix LLC (Farmingdale, N.Y.).
"Spinal surgery method" was invented by Dilantha B. Ellegala (Paradise Valley, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A discectomy method entails removing at least a portion of a spinal lamina to form an access path in a patient. A surgical instrument is inserted along the path and a distal end of the instrument is placed in operative contact with herniated or bulging disc material of a spinal disc. The instrument is operated to remove the herniated or bulging disc material, to thereby space a remaining portion of the spinal disc from spinal nerves. A tip of an ul...