ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,997, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Method and apparatus for performing spine surgery" was invented by Luiz Pimenta (Sao Paulo), Michael Serra (San Diego), Andrew Morris (San Diego), Nathan Lovell (Oceanside, Calif.), Nelson Oi (San Diego) and Eugene Shoshtaev (Del Mar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for correcting sagittal imbalance in a spine including instruments for performing the controlled release of the anterior longitudinal ligament through a lateral access corridor and hyper-lordotic lateral implants."
The patent was filed on Nov. 25, 2024, under App...