ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,360, issued on July 15, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Surgical instruments and related methods" was invented by Conrad Tyler Hammann (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Jonathan Daniel Briend (Del Mar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the disclosure relates to a surgical instruments and surgical instrument guides, and associated methods. The surgical instrument may include: an elongated body having a distal end; a housing disposed at least partially within the elongated body and pivotably coupled to the elongated body; and an actuator engaged with a proximal end of the elongated body and operably associated with t...