ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,917, issued on June 24, was assigned to Life Spine Inc. (Huntley, Ill.).
"Steerable implant assembly" was invented by Garrett D. Lauf (Hampshire, Ill.), Daniel P. Predick (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), Madeline Wolters (St. Charles, Ill.) and Michael S. Butler (St. Charles, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable expandable implant having a lower support member and an upper support member, the upper support member movable relative to the lower support member between a collapsed position and an expanded position. The implant also includes a first control member coupled to the lower support member, where manipulation of the first contro...