ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,729, issued on May 12, was assigned to SURGIOGEN Co. LTD. (Daegu, South Korea).
"Cervical plate for reoperation" was invented by Hwaseon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical plate for easy reoperation includes: a main plate of a rectangular panel shape, which is installed using a screw on the vertebra from which the disk has been removed during spinal operation to support and fix the surgical site vertebra; and a subsidiary plate of a panel shape, which is installed using a screw during reoperation on an adjacent area to the surgical site where the main plate is installed to support and fix the reopera...