ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,036, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NuVasive Inc. (San Diego).
"Expandable implants" was invented by Christopher Besaw (San Diego), Thomas Sweeney (San Diego), Scott Uyekawa (San Diego), Garrett Mikels (San Diego) and Steven Lillig (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable implant includes: a first endplate, a second endplate, a first translating member moveably coupled to a first actuator, and a second translating member moveably coupled to a second actuator. The first translating member may be configured to move independently from the second translating member, and the first translating member and the second tra...