ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,855, issued on May 27, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).
"End cap and bone screw for use therewith" was invented by Julien J. Prevost (Memphis, Tenn.) and Aubrey R. Mills (Memphis, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end cap and a bone screw for use therewith are provided. One or more of the end caps can be used with a spinal implant used to replace portions of a vertebral body after a corpectomy thereof. The end cap can include a first end and a second end opposite from one another, a first side and a second side opposite from one another, and a body portion extending between the first end, the second end, t...