US Patent Issued to MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 8 for "Gripping and positioning tool for a spinal poly-axial screw insertion guide" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,926, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MEDACTA INTERNATIONAL SA (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland).

"Gripping and positioning tool for a spinal poly-axial screw insertion guide" was invented by Francesco Siccardi (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland), Meinrad Fiechter (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland) and Yuri Insinna (Castel San Pietro, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gripping and positioning tool for a poly-axial screw insertion guide comprises a handle, a main body connected to the handle positioned at a first end of the main body and a coupling zone positioned at a second end of the main body. The coupling zone is able to v...