US Patent Issued to Stryker on Nov. 25 for "Systems and methods for providing access to within bony anatomy" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,386, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).

"Systems and methods for providing access to within bony anatomy" was invented by Jean-Francois Oglaza (Pins-Justaret, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for providing access to within a vertebral body. A stylet is removably disposed within a reamer, and the reamer is removably disposed within a working cannula. A tip of the stylet is positioned distal to a reamer head with a stylet hub being positioned proximal to a reamer hub. The reamer hub may include indicia configured to be aligned with the stylet hub to indicate a distance by which t...