US Patent Issued to Elevation Spine on Oct. 20 for "Implant inserter assembly" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,009, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Elevation Spine Inc. (Monterey, Calif.).

"Implant inserter assembly" was invented by Erik Emstad (Laurel Springs, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for inserting an implant into an intervertebral space may include an implant inserter having first and second arms, and a first retention member. The first and second arms may be moveable between a locked configuration, in which the first and second arms are spaced apart such that the arms are locked in place relative to the implant, and a compressed configuration, in which the first and second arms are less spaced apart such that the arm...