ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,932, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Vy Spine LLC (Bountiful, Utah).
"Cervical plate and screw locking mechanism" was invented by Jeremy S. Alsup (Bountiful, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention generally relates to medical hardware for use in spinal stabilization, spinal fusion, spinal alignment and similar spinal surgical procedures. Specifically, the invention relates to a cervical plate with an integrated screw lock mechanism."
The patent was filed on Nov. 13, 2023, under Application No. 18/508,020.
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