ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,645, issued on July 21, was assigned to FloSpine LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Interbody implant and method" was invented by Peter M. Harris (Boca Raton, Fla.), James Q. Spitler (Winter Garden, Fla.), Luis A. Escobar III (Boca Raton, Fla.) and James Szalas (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, the interbody implant may include an anterior side, a posterior side, a cephalad side, a caudal side, a right side, and a left side. In addition, the interbody implant may include a proximal end and a distal end. The interbody implant may include a mesh having a first set of pores having a first diameter based...