US Patent Issued to Alphatec Spine on June 16 for "Expandable interbodies and related methods" (California, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,697, issued on June 16, was assigned to Alphatec Spine Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Expandable interbodies and related methods" was invented by William Reimels (Hamilton, Ohio), Max C. Zemezonak (San Diego), Thomas Henry Hackathorn II (Vista, Calif.), Elizabeth Alexis Lukianov (San Diego) and Graham Witherby (Dana Point, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to expandable interbodies that include superior and inferior shells and a control assembly positioned between and inside of the shells, the control assembly including nested cages operably connected to each other with an adjustment screw. Rotation of t...