US Patent Issued to ASTURA MEDICAL on July 15 for "Expandable interbody spacer" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,466, issued on July 15, was assigned to ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, Texas).

"Expandable interbody spacer" was invented by Anthony Valkoun (Irving, Texas) and Thomas Purcell (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable interbody spacer for placement between adjacent vertebrae having two or more upper and lower endplates having compound-angle linear rods coupled to compound-angle bores configured to couple with the compound-angle linear rods a drive means having corresponding compound-angle slots, ramps or rails configured to slidingly engage the compound-angle slots, ramps or rails of the two or more upper and lower end...