US Patent Issued on Jan. 20 for "Pedicle anchor for use in translaminar pedicle anchor suspension system and component set thereof" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,601, issued on Jan. 20.

"Pedicle anchor for use in translaminar pedicle anchor suspension system and component set thereof" was invented by Chien-Yu Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-piece suspension pedicle anchor and its system and component-set is disclosed. The two-piece suspension pedicle anchor comprises a proximal piece and a distal piece that can rotate relatively. An external thread is arranged on the outer surface of the proximal piece, and a transverse through hole for an artificial ligament to pass through is arranged at the distal piece. As the two-piece suspension pedicle anchor is rotated and gr...