US Patent Issued to DePuy Synthes Products on Sept. 22 for "Tightening device for spine surgery" (California, Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,812, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DePuy Synthes Products Inc. (Raynham, Mass.).

"Tightening device for spine surgery" was invented by Jason Yim (San Francisco), Dennis Chien (West Chester, Pa.), Barclay Davis (Glenmoore, Pa.), David Rathburn (Gap, Pa.), Josef Gabelberger (West Chester, Pa.), Zoher S. Bootwala (Wimington, Del.) and Scott Larsen (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for spinal surgery that may be used for tightening a locking cap onto at least a portion of a pedicle screw. The device may include a torque-generating body having a proximal end and an opposing distal end and a drive shaft rota...