US Patent Issued to Nuvasive on May 26 for "Surgical band clamp system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,046, issued on May 26, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).

"Surgical band clamp system" was invented by Andrew Schafer (Encinitas, Calif.), Andrew Morris (San Diego), Adam Lipson (San Diego), Robert German (San Diego) and Nicholas Didier (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for securing a spinal rod to a bone structure using a connector is provided. The connector functions by modulating friction on a band in two band channels and locking the spinal rod in a separate rod channel. An instrument is also provided for tensioning the band."

The patent was filed on April 29, 2024, under Application No. 18/648,724.

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