ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,569, issued on July 21, was assigned to Genesys Spine (Austin, Texas).
"Minimally invasive pedicle screw extension sleeve system" was invented by John Stokes (Austin, Texas), David L. Greenwald (Austin, Texas), Josh Kaufmann (Austin, Texas), Greg Calbert (Lakeway, Texas), Scott Bryant (Austin, Texas), Landon Gilkey (Austin, Texas) and Brian Bergeron (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment includes a system comprising: a tulip including a slot to receive a linkage, first and second side walls that define a portion of the slot, and a ring that couples the first side wall to the second side wall; wherein the ring cou...