US Patent Issued to EIT Emerging Implant Technologies on Oct. 7 for "Expandable, angularly adjustable and articulating intervertebral cages" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,757, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to EIT Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH (Wurmlingen, Germany).

"Expandable, angularly adjustable and articulating intervertebral cages" was invented by Guntmar Eisen (Wurmlingen, Germany), Detlev Ganter (Wurmlingen, Germany) and Marcus Eif (Holtendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments provide various interbody fusion spacers, or cages, for insertion between adjacent vertebrae. The cages may contain an articulating mechanism to allow expansion and angular adjustment, and enable upper and lower plate components to glide smoothly relative to one another. The cages may have a fir...