ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,644, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Multiaxial receivers with tether" was invented by Jerald Redmond (Germantown, Tenn.), Larry McBride (Germantown, Tenn.), Dimitri Protopsaltis (Memphis, Tenn.), Mike Sherman (Memphis, Tenn.), Chris Italiaie (Playa Del Rey, Calif.), Alan Rezach (Covington, Tenn.) and Lawrence G. Lenke (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various multiaxial receivers for receiving at least one tether are disclosed. A multiaxial receiver may include a body having a U-shaped cavity configured to receive a longitudinal rod therein and a lower cavity configured to couple to a ...