US Patent Issued to K2M on March 17 for "Inserter and method for securing an implant to a spinal process with a flexible fastening system" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,864, issued on March 17, was assigned to K2M Inc. (Leesburg, Va.).

"Inserter and method for securing an implant to a spinal process with a flexible fastening system" was invented by Brian Hsu (Greenwich, Australia), Greg Mundis Jr. (Encinitas, Calif.), Burt Yaszay (San Diego), Suken Shah (Wilmington, Del.), Behrooz Akbarnia (La Jolla, Calif.), Catherine Stone (Arlington, Va.), Brian Kunes (Washington) and Brandon Moore (Leesburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a body, a securement arm, a clamp lock, and a tensioning assembly. The body defines a longitudinal axis and has proximal and distal portions...