ROCKY HILL, Conn. -- January 14, 2010 -- Applied Spine Technologies, Inc., a medical device company focused on motion preservation of the lumbar spine, has been awarded a new patent titled "Pedicle Screw Assembly with Bearing Surfaces."
U.S. patent No. 7,635,379, issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on December 22, 2009, claims geometry that permits intraoperative assembly of a sphere onto a pedicle screw to enable dynamic angulation of a dynamic stabilization device.
It is the company's second patent award in the past 6 months.
“Dynamic angulation is a critical feature of dynamic stabilization devices, enabling the devices to move naturally with the spine in all planes. It is achieved by mounting a sphere onto the end of a pedicle screw and then permitting the dynamic connector to rotate about the sphere, as with the Stabilimax System,” said Bruce Robie, PhD, Vice President of Research and Development for Applied Spine. “This patent builds upon our existing Intellectual Property portfolio and protects mounting geometry to allow placement of a sphere onto a pedicle screw for the purposes of enabling dynamic angulation.”
“At Applied Spine we recognize that there are many ways to achieve dynamic stabilization,” added Craig Corrance, the company's President and CEO. “We therefore continue to pursue patents that cover a variety of means for accomplishing the key elements, particularly dynamic angulation and dynamic connectors that allow for change of device length. This patent, in conjunction with patent # 7,615,068, granted on November 10, 2009, validates our approach and bodes well for several pending patent applications.”
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