US Patent Issued to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES on Jan. 20 for "Intervertebral implant and device for inserting an intervertebral implant" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,670, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to BIEDERMANN TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & Co. KG (Donaueschingen, Germany).

"Intervertebral implant and device for inserting an intervertebral implant" was invented by Timo Biedermann (Trossingen, Germany), Dimosthenis Dandanopoulos (Dauchingen, Germany) and Kevin Dold (Horb am Neckar, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intervertebral implant has a hollow space formed within the implant and accessible through an elongate opening extending through a recessed portion of the side wall, and the hollow space is shaped to receive an engagement portion of a drive shaft of an insertion tool; and the interv...