US Patent Issued to Facet Mobility on Oct. 20 for "Artificial spinal prosthesis and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,003, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Facet Mobility LLC (Westlake Village, Calif.).

"Artificial spinal prosthesis and method" was invented by J. Patrick Johnson (Los Angeles), Christopher Zarembinski (Los Angeles) and Terrence T. Kim (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for treating a spinal joint with a facet joint replacement. The prosthesis can include a first component having a first articulating surface and a second component having a second articulating surface. The first component is attached to a superior articulating facet and the second component is attached to an inferior articulating facet. T...