ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,081, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Spinal implant with flexible screw lock mechanism" was invented by Steven Lillig (San Diego), Thomas Sweeney (San Diego), Garrett Gleeson (San Diego), Garrett Mikels (San Diego) and Logan McLennan (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes bone screws, spinal implant, drivers, and their assemblies thereof for surgical procedures of the spine including but not limited to anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF) procedures."
The patent was filed on April 3, 2022, under Application No. 18/552,571.
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