US Patent Issued to ASTURA MEDICAL on March 31 for "Spinal interbody spacer" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,003, issued on March 31, was assigned to ASTURA MEDICAL INC (Irving, Texas).

"Spinal interbody spacer" was invented by Ross Dusterhoft (Irving, Texas) and Thomas Purcell (Irving, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a spinal interbody spacer that includes a spinal spacer body with an asymmetrical open end, an asymmetrical screw fixation plate configured to couple with the asymmetrical open end, and a locking mechanism configured to lock the screw fixation plate and the spinal spacer body together."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/215,825.

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