ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,424, issued on June 17, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC (Warsaw, Ind.).
"Spinal implant system and method" was invented by Daniel Paxton Wall (Cordova, Tenn.) and Adam Glaser (Germantown, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument comprises a first member including a drive engageable with a first mating surface of a bone fastener. A second member is rotatable relative to the first member and includes an element engageable with a second mating surface of the bone fastener. An actuator is connected with the second member and includes visual indicia of engagement of the element with the second mating surface. Syste...