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Trinity Orthopedics receives patent allowance for sagittally stable spinal fixation system
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Trinity Orthopedics LLC, a medical device company that develops and markets products for minimally invasive spine surgery, announced in a press release that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a monoplanar pedicle screw method, system and kit. Trinity currently markets the posterior fixation system in the United States under the ReStor name.
"Recent clinical studies support our assertion that failure to re-establish and maintain the natural curve of the lumbar spine adversely loads adjacent discs and may lead to further degeneration and additional surgery," James F. Marino, MD, Trinity's founder and lead inventor of the novel monoplanar screw design, stated in the release. "Our ReStor system is intended to help the surgeon fuse the spine in an anatomical position as well as maintain the integrity of the anterior column." Adjacent segment degeneration is reported to have a 5-10% re-operation rate for fusion of adjacent levels.
Three U.S. patents have previously been granted to Trinity, the company noted, and 18 U.S. and 16 foreign patents are pending surrounding minimally invasive surgical technique, implantable devices, and supporting instrumentation.