ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,647, issued on July 21, was assigned to GBS Commonwealth Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and PMT Republic Inc. (Walnut, Calif.).

"Box-shaped spinal cage structure" was invented by Kyoung Gee Ahn (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a box-shaped spinal cage structure including a cage body configured to have an internal space formed therein, an upper blocking part coupled to an upper surface of the cage body to block the internal space of the cage body from outside, a lower blocking part coupled to a lower surface of the cage body to block the internal space of the cage body from the outside, and a rear inserti...