US Patent Issued to Spinal Elements on Feb. 17 for "Apparatus and method of treating spinous processes" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,246, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Apparatus and method of treating spinous processes" was invented by Eugene Shoshtaev (Del Mar, Calif.), Roberto Monterroso (Encinitas, Calif.), Jason Blain (Encinitas, Calif.) and Forrest Samuel (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interspinous process device includes a first plate, a second plate, and a transverse member between the first plate and the second plate, wherein the second plate is adjustably coupled to the transverse member. A post is coupled to the transverse member and a spring mechanism is disposed between the post and th...