US Patent Issued to VB Spine US Opco on Jan. 13 for "Bone screws, instrumentation, and methods of using of same" (New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,127, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to VB Spine US Opco LLC (Leesburg, Va.).

"Bone screws, instrumentation, and methods of using of same" was invented by Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr (Bloomingdale, N.J.), Oliver Buchert (Franklin Lakes, N.J.), Shawn D. Stad (Lakeville, Mass.), Paul R. Rochette (Stanhope, N.J.), Nicole Renee Fallacaro (Montvale, N.J.), Lori Dombrowski (Elmwood Park, N.J.), Robert Mitchell Baldwin II (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Christopher P. Bell (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of inserting a fastener includes positioning a portion of a stylet within a cannulated shaft of the fastener, advancing a tip of the...