ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,498, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Bala Sundararajan (Malvern, Pa.).
"Expandable intervertebral interbody implants" was invented by Munish Gupta (Frontenac, Mo.), Colm McLaughlin (Glenside, Pa.) and Matthew Andraka (Conshohocken, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Expandable fusion devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. The expandable fusion implant may include an upper endplate and a lower endplate configured to engage adjacent vertebrae, an actuation gear configured to adjust a height of the upper endplate, an interface collar configured to attach to an inserter instrument at multiple orientations for a desired su...