ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,243, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to BioLife Medical Device Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Intervertebral fusion device" was invented by Che-Yang Chao (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chao-Jan Wang (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Li-Sen Chen (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Wei-Tai Jao (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intervertebral fusion device configured to maintain a clearance between two vertebrae. The intervertebral fusion device including: a main body, including two vertebral abutting surfaces opposite to each other, an accommodation groove and a slide rail which are both located between the two vertebral abutting surfaces; an positioning hook, disp...