US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on June 23 for "Spinal implant system and method" (Mississippi Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,149, issued on June 23, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Spinal implant system and method" was invented by Joel Bales (Hernando, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical instrument includes a first arm having a first part connectable with a first interface or a second interface of a spinal implant. A second arm includes a second part connectable with the first interface or the second interface. The first part is connectable with the first interface and the second part is connectable with the second interface to dispose the arms in a fixed orientation with the spinal implant. The first part is connectable...