ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,966, issued on April 22, was assigned to Amplify Surgical Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).
"Expandable intervertebral implants" was invented by David Koch (North Logan, Utah) and Jason Glad (Nibley, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interbody spacers are expandable horizontally and vertically by an application of axial force, and lockable in an expanded configuration. The spacers include support members interconnected to end bodies by pivotable link members. The spacers are introduced between vertebral bodies in a compressed configuration and expanded to fill the intervertebral space and provide support and selective lordotic correction. Graf...