US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on April 22 for "Multiple spinal surgical pathways systems and methods" (Tennessee, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,798, issued on April 22, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Multiple spinal surgical pathways systems and methods" was invented by Jeffrey W. Beale (Bartlett, Tenn.), Thomas A. Carls (Memphis, Tenn.), Richard A. Hynes (Melbourne, Fla.) and Matthew M. Morrison (Cordova, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method facilitates the treatment of the spine of a patient by providing simultaneous access through at least a first opening and a second opening formed in the patient. For example, the method can include the acts of positioning the patient on a surgical table, providing the first opening into a posterior porti...