ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,400, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Systems for off-axis treatment of a vertebral body" was invented by Christopher Scott Brockman (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Gabriel James Harshman (Portage, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for off-axis a vertebral body. A steerable assembly includes a steering instrument, a steering handle, and a trigger. A deflectable portion of the steering instrument and a distal portion of a deformable conduit are configured to be directed through and beyond the access cannula. A control surface of the trigger is configured to receive a pull or squeeze input to pivot ...