ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,974, issued on April 22, was assigned to Simplify Medical Pty Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia).
"Surgical cutter instrument with trial" was invented by Yves Arramon (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical instruments, systems and methods are described for selecting a size and cutting bone for inserting of an intervertebral disc prosthesis. The surgical instrument includes a combined intervertebral disc prosthesis sizing trial and a slot or channel cutter which is movable with respect to the sizing trial."
The patent was filed on April 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/307,951.
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