ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,058, issued on July 29, was assigned to SPINE WAVE INC. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Belt driven expandable interbody fusion device" was invented by Scott McLean (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Haibo Fan (Woodbridge, Conn.), Emily Anne Pugh (Stamford, Conn.) and Phillip T. Harkawik (Fairfield, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable spinal implant comprises a body having a hollow interior, a proximal end and a distal end, the body supporting an endplate movable relative to the body in a first direction away from said body. An actuatable expansion mechanism, supported within the hollow interior is coupled to the body and the movable endplate to...