US Patent Issued to SPINAL STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES on Jan. 27 for "Implantable nuclear prosthesis" (Colorado, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,245, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SPINAL STABILIZATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC (San Antonio).

"Implantable nuclear prosthesis" was invented by James D Lutz (San Antonio), W. Loren Francis (Lyons, Colo.) and Mark Novotny (Frisco, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nuclear disc implant includes an inner fillable enclosure and an outer fillable enclosure. After insertion into a enucleated disc cavity, the inner enclosure is filled with a fluid and the outer fillable enclosure is filled with a curable material. The curable material is allowed to cure and the fluid is removed from the inner enclosure to leave an inner enclosure surroun...