US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on April 14 for "Intra-operative options for smart implants" (Tennessee, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,412, issued on April 14, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Intra-operative options for smart implants" was invented by Steven D. Glassman (Louisville, Ky.), Newton H. Metcalf Jr. (Memphis, Tenn.), Jerald L. Redmond (Germantown, Tenn.), Arjun Siby-Kurian (Memphis, Tenn.) and Adam D. Glaser (Colliersville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a spine includes implanting at least a portion of a spinal construct in a patient. The method further includes attaching one or more smart implants to the spinal construct. Each of the one or more smart implants includes (a) an attachment portion configu...