US Patent Issued to Spine Gaurd, Sorbonne Universite, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS, INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale) on Sept. 22 for "Medical devices and methods for penetrating an anatomical structure based on sensed electrical characteristics" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,789, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Spine Gaurd (Vincennes, France), Sorbonne Universite (Paris), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-CNRS (Paris) and INSERM (Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale) (Paris).

"Medical devices and methods for penetrating an anatomical structure based on sensed electrical characteristics" was invented by Stephane Bette (Aix en Provence, France), Jimmy Da Silva (Vincennes, France), Thibault Chandanson (Vincennes, France), Guillaume Morel (Paris) and Maurice Bourlion (Rive de Gier, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device for penetrating a bone structure inc...