ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,404, issued on May 20, was assigned to Spine Wave Inc. (Shelton, Conn.).
"Graft delivery system" was invented by Ty Hollister (Shelton, Conn.), Hughues Malandain (Easton, Conn.), Peter Barreiro (West Haven, Conn.) and Claire Battista (Wolcott, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for delivering bone graft material into an interbody fusion device (IBFD) in an intradiscal space of a spine, the IBFD having an open-frame with a hollow interior and an opening through its proximal end communicating with the interior. Included is an elongate channel having a lumen extending therethrough, the distal end being in engagement with the ...