US Patent Issued to Nuvasive on June 17 for "Stylet control handles and methods of using the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,423, issued on June 17, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego, Pa.).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are stylet control handles and related methods for extending and retracting a stylet during insertion of a bone anchor, and for providing a visual indication of the extent of extension of the stylet."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2021, under Application No. 17/645,201.

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