US Patent Issued to Amplify Surgical on Sept. 2 for "Methods and instrumentation for intervertebral cage expansion" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,020, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Amplify Surgical Inc. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

"Methods and instrumentation for intervertebral cage expansion" was invented by Darin Ewer (Providence, Utah), David Koch (North Logan, Utah), Nathan W. Erickson (Beaver Dam, Utah) and Daniel J. Triplett (Providence, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument may be coupled to a multi-axis expandable intervertebral cage so that the cage may be inserted into an intervertebral space, expanded along multiple different directions, filled with bone graft, and locked with a fastener. The instrument may be part of an instrument set that includes aux...