US Patent Issued to SPINAL STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES on Feb. 17 for "Implantable nuclear prosthesis, kits, and related methods" (Colorado, Maine, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,352, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SPINAL STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC (San Antonio).

"Implantable nuclear prosthesis, kits, and related methods" was invented by W. Loren Francis (Erie, Colo.), Mark A. Novotny (Frisco, Colo.), Cory R. A. Hallam (San Antonio) and Jake Ganem (Cape Neddick, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure includes devices, apparatuses, kits, and methods for replacing a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disc with an implantable nuclear prosthesis filled with a curable silicone material in situ. Configurations of the present spinal implant devices include a flexible body defining an ...