US Patent Issued to Nuvasive on Feb. 3 for "Bone hook apparatus" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,148, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego, Pa.).

"Bone hook apparatus" was invented by Prakhar Goel (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone hook apparatus is provided that includes a base, a rod receptacle disposed on a proximal side of the base, a first hook distally extending from the base and oriented in a first direction, and a second hook distally extending from the base and oriented in a second direction opposing the first direction, the first hook and second hook together configured to receive the bone. Kits and spinal constructs employing the bone hook apparatus are also described."

The patent w...