ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,865, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Eit Emerging Implant Technologies GmbH (Wurmlingen, Germany).
"Angularly adjustable intervertebral cages with integrated ratchet assembly" was invented by Guntmar Eisen (Wurmlingen, Germany), Detlev Ganter (Wurmlingen, Germany) and Stephan Geiger (Wurmlingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments provide various interbody fusion spacers, or cages, for insertion between adjacent vertebrae. The cages may have integrated ratchet assemblies that allow the cage to change size and angle as needed, with little effort. The cages may have a first, insertion configuration characterized b...