US Patent Issued to SPINAL RESOURCES on March 18 for "Variable-dimension fixation rod and implantable stabilization system including a variable-dimension fixation rod" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,133, issued on March 18, was assigned to SPINAL RESOURCES INC. (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

"Variable-dimension fixation rod and implantable stabilization system including a variable-dimension fixation rod" was invented by Bernard M. Bedor (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable, elongated fixation rod that, when coupled to a spinal column in a living patient, stabilizes a portion of the spinal column. The elongated fixation rod includes a plurality of different rod regions formed from surgical stainless steel that are aligned along a longitudinal axis of the elongated fixation rod. The different rod regions...