US Patent Issued to Amplify Surgical on Jan. 27 for "Drive instruments with retention mechanisms, medical implants, and related technologies" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,240, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Amplify Surgical Inc. (Foothill Ranch, Calif.).

"Drive instruments with retention mechanisms, medical implants, and related technologies" was invented by Clark Hutton (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Pako Barba (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for treating a subject's spine can include an intervertebral spacer. The intervertebral spacer can be movable between unexpanded and expanded configurations. A locking member can have a threaded distal region configured to threadably engage the intervertebral spacer, and a proximal drive. A drive instrument assembly can include a retention mechani...