ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,015, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Spinal Surgical Strategies Inc. (Incline Village, Nev.).

"Bone graft delivery system and method for using same" was invented by Jeffrey B. Kleiner (Denver) and Edward John Grimberg (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone graft delivery system for delivering graft material into a surgical site. The delivery system includes an elongate hollow tube constructed to receive the bone graft material and having a hollow interior and indicia formed on an exterior surface of the elongate hollow tube. The delivery system also includes a plunger adapted to extend in the elongate hollow tube and to for...