ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,447, issued on March 3, was assigned to MEDICREA INTERNATIONAL (France).

"Systems, methods, and devices for developing patient-specific spinal implants, treatments, operations, and/or procedures" was invented by Thomas Mosnier (Rochetaillee sur Saone, France), Agathe Senac (Villeurbanne, France), Celine Augagneur (Lyons, France), Christophe Xavier Guillaume Javelot (Porte des Pierres Dorees, France) and Denys Sournac (Reyrieux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure herein relates to systems, methods, and devices for developing patient-specific spinal implants, treatments, operations, and/or procedures. In some embodime...