ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,048, issued on July 1, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Methods and apparatus for stabilizing bone" was invented by Jason Blain (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, a method comprises disposing a portion of a flexible fastening band into contact with a first bone portion and into contact with a second bone portion. The portion of the flexible fastening band having a substantially uniform shape configured to substantially compliment a shape of the first bone portion and a shape of the second bone portion. The method further includes inserting the portion of the flexible fasteni...