US Patent Issued to CONCEPT SPINE on Sept. 22 for "Spinal anchoring element system" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,811, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to CONCEPT SPINE LTD (Salfords, Great Britain).

"Spinal anchoring element system" was invented by Ioannis Karnezis (Salfords, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is known to use pedicle screws and connectors to treat deformities in a spinal column. However, there are cases when screws must be installed in certain positions relative to each other as otherwise the connector may not fit correctly between them. A spinal anchoring element system is therefore provided, comprising a guide tool 60 for aligning a screw-path forming instrument 90 for use in forming a screw-path in a vertebra 1...