ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,081, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Inter vertebral cage with integrated transmitter" was invented by Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.), Michael J. Cordonnier (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Shariq Hussain (Vista, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical implant can comprise a physical structure configured to secure the medical implant within a body of a patient, a proximity communication component physically coupled to the physical structure, and a memory operatively coupled to the proximity communication component. The memory can store a private key, wherein the memory is configured to prov...