US Patent Issued to CLARIANCE on April 21 for "Method for manufacturing a connecting rod for attachment elements secured to the body of a patient, device and connecting rod for carrying out the method" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,755, issued on April 21, was assigned to CLARIANCE (Beaurains, France).

"Method for manufacturing a connecting rod for attachment elements secured to the body of a patient, device and connecting rod for carrying out the method" was invented by Thierry Manceau (Gieres, France), Pierric Deransart (Saint Martin d'Uriage, France) and Jean Emmanuel Cardon (Domene, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a connecting rod between attachment elements secured to the spine of a patient, the method including: -planning the manufacturing of a first virtual rod based on the patient's anatomical data, -positi...