US Patent Issued to Adcura on May 26 for "Expandable and adjustable lordosis interbody fusion system" (Kansas, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,166, issued on May 26, was assigned to Adcura Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Expandable and adjustable lordosis interbody fusion system" was invented by Andrew Rogers (Deephaven, Minn.) and Robyn Burrows-Ownbey (Elmdale, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal implant device for placement between vertebral bodies includes a housing, at least one screw member in the housing, and at least one drive shaft operably engageable with the screw member. The housing includes a first shell member and a second shell member. At least the first shell member has step tracking comprising a plurality of individual riser members for receiving the at...