ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,616, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Joimax GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany).
"Medical instrument set, medical device and medical method" was invented by Wolfgang Ries (Linkenheim, Germany) and Lars Schendzielorz (Linkenheim-Hochstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical instrument set having a guide tube and a medical instrument which can be introduced into the guide tube for processing and removing tissue in an intervertebral disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies. The instrument has a shaft which is rotatable about its extension direction. A set of bristles comprising at least two bristles, with at least one spa...