US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on Jan. 27 for "Distracting and angling expandable interbody device" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,241, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Distracting and angling expandable interbody device" was invented by Jonathan M. Dewey (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable implant pivotally movable between a collapsed position, an expanded position, and an angled position, is disclosed. The implant may include at least one first pivoting axis extending in a longitudinal direction and at least one second pivoting axis extending in a transverse direction of the implant. A frame may be pivotally coupled to at least one arm, a superior endplate, and an inferior endplate. The at leas...