US Patent Issued to Dynamic Implants on Dec. 9 for "Expandable spinal cage" (Florida, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,080, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Dynamic Implants Inc. (Winter Park, Fla.).

"Expandable spinal cage" was invented by Carl Michael Nilsson (Moreland Hills, Ohio), Yehuda Leib Herschman (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Byron Douglas Giddens (Winter Park, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for an expandable spinal cage device used in a spinal fusion procedure. The device can comprise three major pieces that are combined to expand the device both laterally and vertically in the intervertebral gap. A first piece is a cage support body, and a second piece is a width expander body inserted int...