ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,653, issued on June 17, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Porous spinal fusion implant" was invented by Jesse Unger (San Diego), Jeremy Malik (San Diego) and Ryan Donahoe (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure in one aspect provides a surgical implant comprising an upper bone contacting surface comprising a plurality of irregularly shaped pores having an average pore size, where the pores are formed by a plurality of struts, a lower bone contacting surface comprising a plurality of irregularly shaped pores having an average pore size, wherein the pores are formed by a plurality of struts; and a cen...