ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,255, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Spineology Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Angled tube for surgical procedures" was invented by Kyle Wolff (St. Paul Park, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical tube for spinal surgical procedures allows for lateral access to the L4/L5 disc space in the presence of a high iliac crest without going through the ilium. The tube has an angled jog that positions the distal portion of the tube on the cephalad side of the ilium. The angled tube can include fixation pin channels on the cephalad and caudal sides on the tube, going into the L4 and L5 vertebral bodies respectively. The L5 pin channel c...