US Patent Issued to Carlsmed on May 26 for "Patient-specific vertebral implants with positioning features" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,158, issued on May 26, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Patient-specific vertebral implants with positioning features" was invented by Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Gregory Mundis (La Jolla, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology provides patient-specific vertebral implants. The implants can include a cage having a geometry contoured to mate with an inferior surface of a superior vertebra and a superior surface of an inferior vertebra at a first target position. The implants can also include a plate having a geometry contoured to mate with an identified anatomical structure at a sec...