US Patent Issued to Nuvasive on April 1 for "Power modules and methods for bone anchor and stylet insertion" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,926, issued on April 1, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).

"Power modules and methods for bone anchor and stylet insertion" was invented by Megan Jeffords (San Diego), Ryan Woods (San Diego), Naomi Kibrya (San Diego) and Matthew Tobias Jacobs (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are power modules and methods for insertion of a cannulated bone anchor and a stylet. Power modules disclosed herein are configured to adjustably control insertion of a bone anchor and a stylet under power from a motor. In certain embodiments, the motor may be included in a power hand piece. The power modules disclosed herein may...