US Patent Issued to CHOICE SPINE on May 12 for "Bladed spinal fusion implants" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,789, issued on May 12, was assigned to CHOICE SPINE LLC (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Bladed spinal fusion implants" was invented by John Abraham Perryman (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Connor Michael Purviance (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fusion implant which already has a cephalad anchor blade and a caudal anchor blade which are both held in a non-deployed position for delivery between a cephalad vertebra and a caudal vertebra. Positioning the fusion implant between the cephalad vertebra and the caudal vertebra while the cephalad anchor blade and the caudal anchor blade are both held in the non-deployed position. Advancing the ...