US Patent Issued to VB Spine US Opco on July 28 for "Systems and methods for percutaneous spinal fusion" (New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,901, issued on July 28, was assigned to VB Spine US Opco LLC (Leesburg, Va.).

"Systems and methods for percutaneous spinal fusion" was invented by Abram Reitblat (Monroe, N.Y.), Joshua Stein (Montvale, N.J.) and Amir Ali Sharifi-Mehr (Bloomingdale, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for percutaneous spinal fusion may include two spaced apart blades connected together by a coupling such that the blades define a percutaneous pathway from a skin incision to an implanted pedicle fastener. The coupling may be c-shaped and may have at least one flexible tab for engaging one or more holes along the length of the blades. If one of ...