US Patent Issued to TEDAN SURGICAL INNOVATIONS on March 31 for "Anterior to the psoas surgical access system and a modified surgical approach technique" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,903, issued on March 31, was assigned to TEDAN SURGICAL INNOVATIONS INC. (Sugarland, Texas).

"Anterior to the psoas surgical access system and a modified surgical approach technique" was invented by Daniel Bass (Sugarland, Texas), Kaitlin Hom (Sugarland, Texas), Eduardo Asturias (Sugarland, Texas), Robert Mastny (Sugarland, Texas) and Thomas Terramani (Sugarland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An supine anterior-to-psoas approach includes a patient being rotated for the initial approach. Further, various blades and retractor rings provide various features to allow for the supine ATP approach or a conventional ATP to be perform...