US Patent Issued to Carlsmed on May 26 for "Medical device inserter instruments with retractable coupling elements and methods of using the same" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,092, issued on May 26, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Medical device inserter instruments with retractable coupling elements and methods of using the same" was invented by Jeremy Winston (San Diego) and Jade Sommers (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology includes inserter instruments for use with medical implant procedures. The inserter instruments can include features that are expected to enable the inserter instruments to be accurately registered with off-the-shelf or conventional surgical navigation systems. For example, the inserter instruments can include a retractable implant couplin...