US Patent Issued to WONDERHEALTH on Sept. 8 for "Temporarily flexible implantable rod placement and fabrication" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,922, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to WONDERHEALTH LLC (Atlanta).

"Temporarily flexible implantable rod placement and fabrication" was invented by Kenneth Hill (Jacksonville, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are various embodiments for forming spinal rod members for use in pedicle screw systems for spinal fixation surgery and systems. A system can include a pedicle screw having a pedicle screw head and a pedicle screw shaft, the pedicle screw head comprising an aperture for receiving and retaining a spinal rod member relative to the pedicle screw. The spinal rod member can include an elongated tubular membrane having a...