US Patent Issued to Relievant Medsystems on Dec. 30 for "Methods of navigation and treatment within a vertebral body" (California, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,037, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Relievant Medsystems Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Methods of navigation and treatment within a vertebral body" was invented by Samit Patel (Palo Alto, Calif.), Richard C. Pellegrino (Leesburg, Va.) and Robert Flagler (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at or near the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, and having a...