ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,353, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Retrospine Pty Ltd (Australia).
"Spinal plate selection and positioning system" was invented by Kevin Seex (Sydney).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal plate selection and positioning system is provided for use in a spinal fusion procedure. The system may comprise an elongated guide member that is removably securable to an interbody cage by a holding rod. An interbody plate may be aligned and positioned above the interbody cage installed in a disc space. A drill guide may also be aligned and positioned above the interbody plate. The drill guide may be utilized to drill pilot holes in the ver...