US Patent Issued to Spinal Simplicity on March 31 for "Interspinous implant insertion instrument with staggered path implant deployment mechanism" (Kansas, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,935, issued on March 31, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Interspinous implant insertion instrument with staggered path implant deployment mechanism" was invented by Douglas Snell (Portland, Maine), Annaria Barnds (Roeland Park, Kan.) and Adam Frock (Lenexa, Kan.).

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 plunger is slidably engaged in a central passage of the elongated main body configured to fix the implant to the elongated main body by selectivel...