ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,412, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Surgical instrument and method" was invented by Abel Kim (Cordova, Tenn.) and Jonathan M. Dewey (Memphis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprises a member defining a longitudinal axis and being connectable with a spinal implant. A handle is connected with the member. An image guide is connected with the member for orientation relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the spinal implant. The image guide is rotatable about the axis relative to the member and is disposable in at least one fixed ...