US Patent Issued to Carlsmed on May 26 for "Patient-specific spinal fusion devices and associated systems and methods" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,163, issued on May 26, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Patient-specific spinal fusion devices and associated systems and methods" was invented by Jeremy Winston (San Diego), Kyle Seaman (Vista, Calif.), Josh Barkhimer (Vista, Calif.), Alexander Roeca (San Diego), Jade Sommers (Lemon Grove, Calif.) and Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology includes patient-specific spinal fusion devices, which may include an interbody implant that is designed to be positioned within a disc space between two vertebral bodies and one or more fixation elements that can anchor the int...