US Patent Issued to Vertos Medical on Dec. 16 for "Percutaneous lateral recess resection methods and instruments" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,085, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Vertos Medical Inc. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

"Percutaneous lateral recess resection methods and instruments" was invented by Minh Tran (Westminster, Calif.), Randel Woodgrift (Los Gatos, Calif.), James M. Corbett (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), Phillip A Thompson (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) and David P. Lalor Jr. (Aliso Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to devices, kits, and methods for treating lumbar spinal stenosis by at least partially decompressing a compressed nerve root. The method can include identifying the compressed nerve root and percutaneously a...