ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,892, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to LDR Medical S.A.S. (France).
"Expansible intervertebral implant" was invented by Pierre Bernard (Bordeaux, France), Herve Chataigner (Bussieres, France), Craig Chebuhar (Marietta, Ga.), Alexander Kirgis (Krailling, Germany), Ross Sherban (Clarence, N.Y.), Samuel Lequette (Pessac, France), Emmanuel Bougere (Bordeaux, France), Aymeric Fresneau (Bordeaux, France) and Nicolas Roche (Saint Medard en Jalles, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of an intervertebral implant comprise a body extending longitudinally along a primary axis, a baseplate, a plurality of elongated arms havi...