US Patent Issued to Spinal Elements on Sept. 16 for "Curved expandable interbody devices and deployment tools" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,858, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Spinal Elements Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Curved expandable interbody devices and deployment tools" was invented by Edwin Huh (Irvine, Calif.), Jason Blain (Encinitas, Calif.), Taylor Semingson (San Diego), Nicholas Chen (Carlsbad, Calif.), Ketchen Smith (Escondido, Calif.), David Ortiz (Carlsbad, Calif.), Geoffrey Toon (Vista, Calif.) and Morton Albert (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A curved expandable interbody device for placement between vertebrae having an upper structure, a lower structure, and a screw mechanism, wherein actuation of the screw mechanism moves the upper...