US Patent Issued to NEXUS SPINE on April 22 for "Porous interbody spacer" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,967, issued on April 22, was assigned to NEXUS SPINE LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Porous interbody spacer" was invented by Peter Halverson (Draper, Utah) and David Hawkes (Pleasant Grove, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Orthopedic implants, particularly interbody spacers, have a combination of correct pore size and stiffness/flexibility. When the implants have the proper pore size and stiffness, osteocytes are able to properly bridge the pores of the implant and then experience a proper compressive load to stimulate the bone cells to form bone within the pores. An implant includes a body formed of an osteoconductive material and having ...