US Patent Issued to ALPHATEC SPINE on Dec. 9 for "Composite porous interbodies and methods of manufacture" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,083, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ALPHATEC SPINE INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Composite porous interbodies and methods of manufacture" was invented by Scott Robinson (Encinitas, Calif.), Steven Leong (Mira Mesa, Calif.) and Frank Chang (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a composite titanium body for use in forming spinal implant interbodies includes selecting a metal alloy body, carving out a top portion and a bottom portion from the metal alloy body, and bonding a porous material to the carved-out top and bottom portions. Multiple pieces may be cut from the composite titanium body, each having a ...