ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,409, issued on Aug. 12.
"Vertebral prosthesis" was invented by Rodrigo De Pablos Almazan (Madrid).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vertebral prosthesis with outstanding functionality, adaptability, and safety with respect to its predecessors. It is conceived and designed to provide a better service and serve as an axis so that spinal operations, as well as other diseases can be better addressed. It seeks, above all, to adapt to the nature of human biology and resembles that nature as much as possible, based on an internal suspension system which allows greater mobility and better weight distribution, imitating...