ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,350, issued on July 15, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Minimally invasive spinal fixation system and related methods" was invented by Fernando Olea (San Diego), Andrew Schafer (Encinitas, Calif.), Scott Lish (Oceanside, Calif.), Robert German (San Diego), Justin Doose (San Diego), Derek Matteo (San Diego), Garrett T. Offerman (Irvine, Calif.), James Coleman Lee (San Diego) and Conrad Tyler Hammann (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application describes surgical instruments and implants for building a posterior fixation construct across one or more segments of the spinal column. More specifically, the ...