US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on Dec. 2 for "Parallel jaw inserter" (Tennessee, North Carolina, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,019, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Parallel jaw inserter" was invented by Darren L. Davis (Knoxville, Tenn.), Cristian A. Capote (Memphis, Tenn.), Patrick Ryan Keene (Youngsville, N.C.), John A. Hall (Germantown, Tenn.), Robert M. Loke (Memphis, Tenn.) and Stanley Kyle Hayes (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interbody system including an implant and a tool for inserting and expanding the medical implant and locking the implant in place is disclosed. The medical implant may include an expandable body defined by a superior endplate and an inferior endplate that are hinge...