ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,033, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Life Spine Inc. (Huntley, Ill.).
"Expandable implant assembly" was invented by Paul Christopher Zakelj (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant includes a first support, a second support rotatably coupled to the first support along a distal end of the implant, and a control assembly configured to move the implant between at least a first, collapsed orientation and a second, expanded orientation, the control assembly includes a control driver coupled to the first support and comprising a head and a shaft, the control driver configured to control relative movement between the first su...