ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,622, issued on June 16, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).
"Surgical device for use in spinal or musculoskeletal surgery or in simulated surgery and method of using the same" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany) and Dimosthenis Dandanopoulos (VS-Schwenningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for use in spinal surgery or musculoskeletal surgery, or in simulated surgery, where the device is non-implantable, includes a first component having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, wherein the first end is...