ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,633, issued on May 27, was assigned to SIGNUS MEDIZINTECHNIK GMBH (Alzenau, Germany).
"Connector for spinal column support" was invented by Bas Van Der Pol (Alzenau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting two supporting rods of a spinal column supporting device, which rods are placed or are to be placed along a portion of spinal column. The connector includes a transverse rod, a first coupling that couples the transverse rod to a first one of the supporting rods and a second coupling that couples the transverse rod to the second one of the supporting rods. At least one of the couplings has a clamping region...