ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,413, issued on April 14, was assigned to CarboFix Spine Inc. (Richardson, Texas).
"Composite material spinal implant" was invented by Mordechay Beyar (Tel-Aviv, Israel), Oren Globerman (Kfar-Shemaryahu, Israel) and Daniel Umansky (Kfar Saba, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments relate to a pedicle screw implant construct kit, comprising: at least one pedicle screw including a head; an embracing structure shaped and sized for embracing at least a portion of the screw head; an upper fastener for mounting onto the embracing structure, the upper fastener having a polygonal profile at least on a face of the upper fasten...