US Patent Issued to Spinal Elements on July 15 for "Articulated instrumentation and methods of using the same" (Illinois, Hawaii, Texas, California, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,291, issued on July 15, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Articulated instrumentation and methods of using the same" was invented by Helson Pacheco-Serrant (El Paso, Texas), Justin Taber (Honolulu), Douglas M. Lorang (San Jose, Calif.), Laurent B. Schaller (Los Altos, Calif.), Patricia McHale (Mountain View, Calif.), Michael Baldwin (San Jose, Calif.), Richard G. Fessler (Winnetka, Ill.) and Joshua M. Ammerman (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articulated instruments that include tools for disrupting and/or distracting tissue, and methods of using the same."

The patent was filed on Sept. 8, 2022, ...