US Patent Issued to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center on Sept. 1 for "Image guided spinal decompression with contralateral oblique view" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,513, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. (Boston).

"Image guided spinal decompression with contralateral oblique view" was invented by Jatinder S. Gill (Lincoln, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a flexible surgical system for endoscopic spinal decompression and methods thereof. Various methods of accessing the epidural space with this instrument are described. The system design enables placement of the device through several approaches. It is then advanced under direct visualization or fluoroscopic (X-Ray), for example, into areas of the spine including lum...