US Patent Issued to Neuropro Technologies on Sept. 9 for "Bone fusion device, apparatus and method" (Washington, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,050, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Neuropro Technologies Inc. (Modesto, Calif.).

"Bone fusion device, apparatus and method" was invented by Joseph N. Logan (Trumbull, Conn.), Gary R. McLuen (Port Townsend, Wash.) and Daniel R. Baker (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bodiless bone fusion method, apparatus and device for insertion between bones that are to be fused together and/or in place of one or more of the bones, such as, for example, the vertebrae of a spinal column. The bodiless bone fusion device comprises one or more extendable plates, one or more extending blocks in communication with the extendable plates, one ...