US Patent Issued to SpineX Tec on Dec. 16 for "Medical device employing a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism" (Nebraska, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,197, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SpineX Tec LLC (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Medical device employing a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism" was invented by Omar F. Jimenez (Gering, Neb.), Nicholas R. Powley (St. Paul, Minn.), Andrew G. Fischer (Hopkins, Minn.) and Yefim I. Safris (Golden Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Medical devices in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention employ one or more coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms. In various embodiments, coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms include a post with a threaded exterior surface and a corresponding sleeve configured to surround the post, th...