ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,305, issued on June 3, was assigned to L&K BIOMED Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).
"Height-adjustable intervertebral fusion cage" was invented by Gook Jin Kang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an intervertebral fusion cage configured to be inserted between vertebral bodies in a lowest state and improving fixation by bone screws inserted through end plates. The intervertebral fusion cage of the present disclosure may replace intervertebral fusion cages having heights within a given range. Therefore, manufacturers may reduce the number of product groups and the amount of inventory. I...