ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,239, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MiRus LLC (Marietta, Ga.).
"Expandable interbody device" was invented by Jordan Bauman (Smyrna, Ga.), Ravi Enneti (Marietta, Ga.) and Jay Yadav (Atlanta).
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 discs to provide stability. The expandable interbody device includes a drive block, a top endplate, a bottom endplate, a first drive arrangement, and a second drive arrangement; the first drive arrangement includes a first drive screw, a first left si...