ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,471, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to VB Spine US Opco LLC (Leesburg, Va.).
"Pars clamp" was invented by George Miz (Chicago) and Larry E. McClintock (Gore, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp device includes multiple claws for collectively gripping a vertebra, particularly over a pars interarticularis. At least one of the claws is movable relative to a body of the clamp device. The movable claw includes an elongate tab received within a track extending within the body. The body or the tab includes a threaded hole within which set screws may be received for immobilizing the movable claw relative to the body. The clamp device...