US Patent Issued to NuVasive on July 29 for "Ratchet retracting handles and methods of using the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,953, issued on July 29, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).

"Ratchet retracting handles and methods of using the same" was invented by Naomi Kibrya (San Diego), John Love (San Diego), Matthew Tobias Jacobs (San Diego), Ryan Woods (San Diego) and Megan Jeffords (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are ratchet retracting handles and related methods for automatically retracting a stylet during insertion of a bone anchor."

The patent was filed on May 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/314,074.

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