US Patent Issued to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, INSPINE on Dec. 23 for "Spine fixing device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,209, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Daegu, South Korea) and INSPINE Co. Ltd. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Spine fixing device" was invented by Kyoung-Tae Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a spine fixing device including: a base plate; a cage configured to be coupled to the base plate; a first wing plate configured to be coupled to an upper portion of a composite body of the base plate and the cage; and a second wing plate configured to be coupled to a lower portion of the composite body of the base plate and the cage."

The patent w...