US Patent Issued to Spinal Simplicity on June 23 for "Bony fusion implant, insertion instrument, and methods" (Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,238, issued on June 23, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Bony fusion implant, insertion instrument, and methods" was invented by Todd Moseley (Olathe, Kan.), Luke Luallin (Fairway, Kan.), Adam Rogers (Olathe, Kan.), Christian Aragonez (Kansas City, Mo.), Jeff Slover (Lee's Summit, Mo.) and Tony Hartlage (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for bony fusion are disclosed. A threaded cannulated implant may be inserted into a target space, such as in the sacroiliac joint. The implant may have a distal section, a proximal section, and a central section between the distal ...