US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on March 17 for "Spinal fixation system and kit" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,939, issued on March 17, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Spinal fixation system and kit" was invented by Brett Freedman (Rochester, Minn.) and Kendall Dennis (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal fixation system includes an expandable disc replacement body and an angle-setting disc replacement holder; The expandable disc replacement body includes a first wall, a second wall, and a hinge connecting the first wall and the second wall. An insertion instrument may be used to implant the expandable disc replacement body into a subject. The disc replacement holder...