US Patent Issued to SeaSpine Orthopedics on April 21 for "Retractor tool apparatus and method of manipulation" (California, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,153, issued on April 21, was assigned to SeaSpine Orthopedics Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Retractor tool apparatus and method of manipulation" was invented by Michael Roscoe Harper (Carlsbad, Calif.), Trevor Thomas Jaye (Carlsbad, Calif.), Sarah Jauregui (Carlsbad, Calif.), Matthew Steven Horner (San Diego) and Daniel Scott Davenport (Collegeville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractor tool apparatus and method of manipulation are described. The retractor tool may include one or more blades. The one or more blades may be cranial/caudal blades. The one or more blades may be a medial blade. One or more portions of the retracto...