ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,917, issued on March 25, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).
"Anterior to psoas instrumentation" was invented by Abram Reitblat (Monroe, N.Y.), Steven F. Krause (Oakland, N.J.), Spencer Popejoy (Ringwood, N.J.), Shawn Graham (Morristown, N.J.) and Douglas G. Pedrick (Newburgh, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, the present disclosure relates to an instrument adapted for use in an anterior to psoas spinal access procedure. The instrument includes a body, a first arm and a second arm. A first rod extends from the first arm at an angle thereto while a second rod extends from th...