ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,972, issued on April 22, was assigned to SPINAL SURGICAL STRATEGIES INC. (Incline Village, Nev.).

"Spinal fusion cage system with inserter" was invented by Jeffrey B. Kleiner (Denver).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone graft delivery system and method for using same to deliver graft material into a surgical site. The system includes an interbody implant having a securing site disposed on a surface of the implant and a holder having an elongated, hollow handle including a distal end. The distal end of the holder is configured to removably engage the securing site of the interbody implant to secure the interbody implant to the distal ...