ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,511, issued on July 22, was assigned to NEXUS SPINE LLC (Salt Lake City).
"Press-on pedicle screw assembly" was invented by Michael D. Ensign (Salt Lake City) and David T. Hawkes (Pleasant Grove, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tulip assembly configured to be coupled to a screw head having a first diameter includes a housing, wherein the housing defines an inner diameter configured to engage the first diameter of the screw head. The exemplary inner diameter of the housing being smaller than the first diameter of the screw head."
The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2019, under Application No. 16/532,256.
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