US Patent Issued to Spinal Simplicity on Nov. 3 for "Methods for single incision anterior and posterior spinal fusion procedure" (Kansas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,637, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Spinal Simplicity LLC (Overland Park, Kan.).

"Methods for single incision anterior and posterior spinal fusion procedure" was invented by Todd Moseley (Olathe, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for anterior fusion and posterior fusion spinal procedures are disclosed. The spinal procedure may be a minimally invasive procedure. An incision may be made on a back of a patient to provide percutaneous lateral access to a spine of the patient. The access point of Kambin's triangle may be used to reach an intervertebral disc space. Through the incision and with an anterior trajectory, an interb...