US Patent Issued to H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida on Feb. 17 for "Bone fusion system" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,254, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Inc. (Tampa, Fla.) and University of South Florida.

"Bone fusion system" was invented by Frank D. Vrionis (Tampa, Fla.), Kamran Aghayev (Tampa, Fla.), Sabrina A. Gonzalez Blohm (Tampa, Fla.) and James J. Doulgeris (Oldsmar, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for performing bone fusion and/or securing one or more bones, such as adjacent vertebra, are disclosed. The screws include a threaded tip connected to a main shaft and a threaded outer sleeve that rotates relative to the outer shaft until locked down. Independent rotat...