US Patent Issued to CTL BIOTEC on Nov. 4 for "Expandable interbody fusion device" (New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,508, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CTL BIOTEC Corp. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Expandable interbody fusion device" was invented by Hongwon Yoon (Plano, Texas), Jon Suh (Ambler, Pa.) and Sean Suh (Milltown, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable intervertebral implant for an intervertebral fusion is provided. The implant includes a first endplate, a second endplate, a translation member and an auger mounted to the translation member and extending through the second endplate. The first endplate includes a sloped anterior face and a sloped posterior face. The second endplate includes a posteriorly facing sloped surface for mat...