US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on Oct. 7 for "In-situ additive expandable implants" (Mississippi, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,769, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"In-situ additive expandable implants" was invented by Jonathan M. Dewey (Memphis, Tenn.) and Michael L. Sutton (Coldwater, Miss.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure include in-situ formed or in-situ-manufactured expandable cages, expandable implants, and additive-manufacturing systems for printing spinal implants in-situ, and methods for printing the same. Some embodiments may include a robotic subsystem including scanning and imaging equipment configured to scan a patient's anatomy. Some embodiments may further include an a...