US Patent Issued to Spineology on Sept. 9 for "Knit spinal implant retention and release system and method" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,048, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Spineology Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Knit spinal implant retention and release system and method" was invented by Joseph E. Gleason (Eagan, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant retention system for a knit surgical implant can include an elongated hollow mesh tip, including a flanged section at a distal end thereof and an internal threaded section proximal to the flanged section, and an elongated hollow lock tube, including a non-threaded section at a distal end thereof and an external threaded section proximal to the non-threaded section. The mesh tip can be threaded over the lock tu...