ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,863, issued on March 17, was assigned to FloSpine LLC (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Interspinous-interlaminar stabilization systems and methods" was invented by Peter M. Harris (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Luis A. Escobar III (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system may be configured to maintain spacing between a superior spinous process and a superior lamina, and an inferior spinous process and an inferior lamina, of adjacent vertebrae of a spine. The system may include an implant that includes two superior wings that extend superiorly from a proximal superior surface such that, in an implanted position, the superior spinous proc...