ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,563, issued on June 2, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).
"Instrument for inserting an interspinous process implant" was invented by Melissa Frock (Lenexa, Kan.), Adam Frock (Lenexa, Kan.), Todd Moseley (Olathe, Kan.) and Harold Hess (Leawood, Kan.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insertion device for deploying an implant includes an elongated main body having a distal locking portion for coupling to the implant and a proximal handle portion. The main body defines a central passage and the distal locking portion has outer ridges and slots to allow the outer ridges to flex radially inward when mounting to the...