US Patent Issued to VB Spine US Opco on Nov. 18 for "Expandable spinal implant apparatus and method of use" (Maine Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,074, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to VB Spine US Opco LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Expandable spinal implant apparatus and method of use" was invented by Lee L. Thibodeau (Cumberland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal implant apparatus that is an expandable spacer including features to minimize or eliminate spacer cant or offset during and after completing the expansion process. The spacer includes a top component, a base component in engagement with the top component, and an expansion mechanism arranged to change the top component's position with respect to the base component. The mechanism for causing expansion may be a ...