US Patent Issued to Highridge Medical on Aug. 18 for "Stabilized laterovertically-expanding fusion cage systems with tensioner" (California, Florida, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,521, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Highridge Medical LLC (Westminster, Colo.).

"Stabilized laterovertically-expanding fusion cage systems with tensioner" was invented by John To (Newark, Calif.), John J. Flynn (Walnut Creek, Calif.), John Souza (Monroe, N.C.) and Andrew Wolf (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intervertebral scaffolding system is provided having a laterovertically-expanding frame operable for a reversible collapse from an expanded state into a collapsed state, the laterovertically-expanding frame having a stabilizer, one or more tensioners, or a combination of the stabilizer with one or more tension...