ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,397, issued on May 20, was assigned to Spineology Inc. (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Mesh spacer hybrid" was invented by Steve Wolfe (Woodbury, Minn.), Bryan Becker (Richfield, Minn.), Tim Walnofer (Stillwater, Minn.), Clint Boylan (Minneapolis), Dan McPhillips (Andover, Minn.), Michael Wang (Miami), Craig Kuhns (Columbia, Mo.) and Garrett Ganske (Lino Lakes, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of placing an implant for intervertebral fusion between adjacent vertebral bodies in a patient includes inserting the implant in a space between the adjacent vertebral bodies such that both a first intervertebral spacer body and a second inter...