ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,230, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CG MedTech Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Interbody fusion device" was invented by Suk-Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sung-Chul Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jun-Taek Lim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is an interbody fusion device including a circular opening into which a fixator can be inserted, an elastic band configured to surround at least a portion of the circular opening, and comprising a first distal end including a fixing part protruding from the circular opening to prevent separation of the fixator, and a connection part connected to a s...