US Patent Issued to SC MEDICA on Sept. 29 for "Implant device for performing posterior spinal arthrodesis at a facet joint, and system comprising the implant and its positioning tool" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,128, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SC MEDICA (Strasbourg, France).

"Implant device for performing posterior spinal arthrodesis at a facet joint, and system comprising the implant and its positioning tool" was invented by Camille Srour (Strasbourg, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The implant device for performing posterior spinal arthrodesis at a facet joint is in the form of a flat element of constant thickness. The element has reliefs on each of its faces so as to form an anchor associated with at least one complementary anchor, such as a screw with a diameter greater than the thickness of the element. The complementary...