US Patent Issued to SPINE23 on June 23 for "Systems and methods for pedicle screw stabilization of spinal vertebrae" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,153, issued on June 23, was assigned to SPINE23 INC. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for pedicle screw stabilization of spinal vertebrae" was invented by Sherwin Hua (Campbell, Calif.) and Natasha Chernishof (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are embodiments of a system for stabilizing spinal vertebrae through a skin incision, that include a first extension (410) removably coupled with a first screw (402) at a distal end thereof, and a second extension (420) removably coupled with a second screw (404) at a distal end of the second extension. A first opening (432) extends through a wall of the f...