ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,237, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MiRus LLC (Marietta, Ga.).
"Expandable interbody" was invented by Jay Yadav (Marietta, Ga.), Wayne Gray (Marietta, Ga.) and Noah Roth (Marietta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable interbody device used as a prosthesis during spinal surgery. The expandable interbody device is configured to be inserted into the space between spinal disks to provide stability. The expandable interbody device includes a drive block, a linkage block, a drive screw, a first endplate, a second endplate, and at least two linkages. Rotation of the drive screw causes movement of the linkage block relative t...