US Patent Issued to Highridge Medical on June 23 for "Spinal tethering devices, systems, and methods" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,151, issued on June 23, was assigned to Highridge Medical LLC (Westminster, Colo.).

"Spinal tethering devices, systems, and methods" was invented by Randall G. Mast (Denver), Allison Christine Capote (Boulder, Colo.), Thomas J. Serra (Arvada, Colo.), John Spohn (Westminster, Colo.), Anup Gandhi (Superior, Colo.) and Amy Claeson (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implants and surgical techniques for dynamic spinal tethering systems are discussed. In an example, a spinal tethering system can comprise a flexible elongate spinal tethering cord and a plurality of vertebral implants connecting the cord across at lea...