ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,454, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC (Portage, Mich.).
"Lateral access alignment guide and rigid arm" was invented by Steven F. Krause (Oakland, N.J.), Spencer Popejoy (Ringwood, N.J.), Charles L. Bush Jr. (Wayne, N.J.), Abram Reitblat (Monroe, N.Y.) and Douglas G. Pedrick (Newburgh, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a surgical rigid arm (100, 150, 200, 900) includes a first portion (102, 152, 202, 902), a second portion (103, 153, 203, 903) and a central portion (105, 154, 205, 906), where the central portion is extends between the first and second portions. A first en...