ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,231, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Bala Sundararajan (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Andrew Iott (Newtown Square, Pa.), Mark Adams (Downingtown, Pa.), Daniel Davenport (Collegeville, Pa.) and Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable fusion device is capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. The fusion device may include a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the...