US Patent Issued to Spinal Elements on Oct. 7 for "Expandable interbody device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,763, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Expandable interbody device" was invented by Jason Blain (Encinitas, Calif.), David Solum (San Jose, Calif.), Dean Johnson (Solano Beach, Calif.) and Markanthony Flores (Chula Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable interbody device for placement between adjacent vertebrae having an upper structure, a lower structure and a screw mechanism, wherein actuation of the screw mechanism moves the upper and lower structures between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. A deployment tool couples to the expandable interbody dev...