US Patent Issued to Simplify Medical on Sept. 16 for "Anatomy accommodating prosthetic inter vertebral disc with lower height" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,859, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Simplify Medical Pty Ltd (Paddington, Australia).

"Anatomy accommodating prosthetic inter vertebral disc with lower height" was invented by Yves Arramon (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intervertebral disc includes a superior endplate having an upper vertebral contacting surface and a lower bearing surface, wherein the upper vertebral contacting surface of the superior endplate has a central portion that is raised relative to a peripheral portion of the superior endplate, and wherein the lower bearing surface has a concavity disposed opposite the raised central portion. Th...