ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,936, issued on Dec. 2.
"Systems and methods for treating spinal conditions" was invented by David Skaggs (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for treating and/or correcting spinal diseases, disorders, conditions, and deformities. A method for decompressing a spine of a patient comprises advancing first and second bone anchors through an opening in the patient to a target portion of a vertebral column and securing the first and second bone anchors to first and second bones within the vertebral column. A connector element is positioned between the first and second bone anchors and a force is appli...