US Patent Issued to Spinal Simplicity on Aug. 11 for "Interspinous implant insertion instrument with wing actuation tool" (Kansas, Maine, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,453, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Interspinous implant insertion instrument with wing actuation tool" was invented by Adam Rogers (Overland Park, Kan.), Douglas Snell (Portland, Maine), Annaria Barnds (Roeland Park, Kan.), Adam Frock (Lenexa, Kan.), Jeffrey David Lee (Prairie Village, Kan.) and Jeff Slover (Lee's Summit, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion instrument for inserting an implant includes an elongated main body having a proximal handle and a distal portion that selectively couples to the implant. A wing actuation tool is slidably engaged in a central passage ...