ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,894, issued on July 28, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Systems and methods for correcting spinal deformities" was invented by Niall Casey (San Diego), Robert German (San Diego) and Scott Lish (Oceanside, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates generally to medical devices and methods generally aimed at spinal surgery. In particular, the disclosed system and associated methods relate to performing spinal fixation with the use of a deformity system."
The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 2022, under Application No. 18/045,567.
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