US Patent Issued to Carlsmed on July 14 for "Patient-specific anterior plate implants" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,228, issued on July 14, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Patient-specific anterior plate implants" was invented by Michael J. Cordonnier (Carlsbad, Calif.), Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Shariq Hussain (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology provides patient-specific implants. The implants can include a plate having a geometry contoured to mate with an identified anatomical structure at a target position. The plate can include a first projection having a first contact surface with a first topography designed to mate with a corresponding first surface of a first vertebral bod...