ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,417, issued on June 17, was assigned to SPINE WAVE INC. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Modular tensioned spinal screw" was invented by Eugene Avidano (Stratford, Conn.), Peter Barreiro (Trumbull, Conn.) and Daniel Vigliotti (Guilford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular tensioned spinal screw comprises a bone fastener having a threaded elongate shaft and a spherical head at an upper end of said shaft. A modular yoke for polyaxial attachment to the head of said bone fastener has an inner bore, an upper end configured to receive a connecting rod and a lower end configured to receive the head of the bone fastener. An axially movable radi...