US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on Dec. 16 for "Surgical implant system and methods of use" (Tennessee, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,073, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Surgical implant system and methods of use" was invented by Ronald A. Lehman Jr. (Tenafly, N.J.), William Alan Rezach (Covington, Tenn.) and Rodney Ray Ballard (Lakeland, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical device has a shaft including a proximal portion and a distal portion being disposable with a surgical robot guide to engage vertebral tissue. The proximal portion defines a detectable marker and is connectable with at least one surgical instrument for manipulating the vertebral tissue. Systems, surgical instruments, spinal implants, constru...