ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,862, issued on May 27, was assigned to Nuvasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Expandable spinal fusion implant, related instruments and methods" was invented by Erika Lin (San Diego), Jeremy Malik (San Diego), Ryan Donahoe (San Diego), Christopher Stein (San Diego) and David Hannah (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for performing interbody fusion surgery including an expandable intervertebral spacer and specialized instruments for choosing the correct size of implant, implanting the device within the intervertebral space, and for delivery of bone graft or bone substitute to the interior of the implant."
The patent was filed on...