US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on Sept. 16 for "Expandable interbody implant and corresponding surgical tool" (California, Mississippi, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,863, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

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

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 hingedly coupled and ma...