US Patent Issued to Medos International on Aug. 18 for "Multiple set screw insertion instrument and methods" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,411, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Medos International Srl (Le Locle, Switzerland).

"Multiple set screw insertion instrument and methods" was invented by Alec Manson (Boston), Richard Fournier (New Bedford, Mass.), Cory Emil (Milton, Mass.), Eric Biester (Barrington, R.I.) and William Miller (Middleboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates generally to surgical instruments used to deliver locking or set screws to secure a rod or spinal fixation element relative to an implanted bone anchor or other spinal fixation construct during spine surgery. In one embodiment, the inserter instrument can include an in...