ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,449, issued on March 24, was assigned to MiRus LLC (Marietta, Ga.).

"Bone anchor, instruments, and methods for use" was invented by Noah Roth (Marietta, Ga.), Wayne Gray (Marietta, Ga.), Kevin Strauss (Marietta, Ga.), Ryan O'Flaherty (Marietta, Ga.), Clint Walker (Marietta, Ga.) and Antonio Terrell (Marietta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a surgical instrument configured for attachment to a surgical device. The surgical instrument includes a distal region having a curved internal surface configured to mate with a curved external surface of the surgical device, a rotational locking feature that limits rotatio...