ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,861, issued on May 13, was assigned to SILONY SPINE CORP. (Doral, Fla.).
"Cervical implant systems" was invented by John Parry (West Chester, Pa.) and Jeffrey Johnson (West Midlands, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides cervical implant (30) comprising an upper surface (38), a lower surface (40), a posterior portion (34) and an anterior portion (36) and including a perimeter (42) and one or more apertures (44,46) within said anterior portion for receiving securing means, said apertures having respective longitudinal axes M1, M2, characterised in that said axes extend in a direction substantially...