US Patent Issued to Spinal Simplicity on April 14 for "Surgical kit for spinal decompression to treat spinal stenosis" (Kansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,400, issued on April 14, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Surgical kit for spinal decompression to treat spinal stenosis" was invented by Nicholas J. Furman (Overland Park, Kan.), Adam Frock (Lenexa, Kan.), Christina Berels (Kansas City, Mo.), Todd Moseley (Olathe, Kan.), Colton McQuinn (Peculiar, Mo.) and Melissa Frock (Lenexa, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for excising tissue from a stenotic spinal region is disclosed. The system may comprise a surgical kit including an access instrument, a bone reamer, a bone removal instrument, and a soft tissue removal instrument. The acces...