US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on May 13 for "Expandable interbody implant and corresponding inserter" (California, Mississippi, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,865, issued on May 13, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Expandable interbody implant and corresponding inserter" was invented by Stanley K. Hayes (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Charlie J. Barfield (East Hernando, Miss.), Dimitri K. Protopsaltis (Memphis, Tenn.) and Robert M. Loke (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable implant may include an expandable body defined by a superior endplate and an inferior endplate that are hingedly coupled and may be expanded and lordosed by an external surgical tool. The superior endplate may include a first core having a distal engagement surface and the inferior...