ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,730, issued on May 12, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Method of placing an implant between bone portions" was invented by Jason Blain (Encinitas, Calif.), Gregory Martin (Encinitas, Calif.), Charles C. Newton (San Diego) and Hyun Bae (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for placing an implant between two bone portions are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method comprises disposing a portion of a flexible member through a first bone portion, through an aperture in a trial implant, and through a second bone portion. The trial implant can be withdrawn to enable an implant to...