US Patent Issued to NOVAPPROACH SPINE on June 16 for "Interbody cage device and methods of use" (Florida, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,695, issued on June 16, was assigned to NOVAPPROACH SPINE LLC (Alachua, Fla.).

"Interbody cage device and methods of use" was invented by Raymond Cloutier (Alachua, Fla.), Michael Macmillan (St. Petersburg, Fla.), Thomas Terramani (San Diego) and Elezar Tonev (Bradenton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spinal interbody fusion device for use in a plurality of surgical approaches includes a cage, a top end, a bottom end, and at least a first side representing the width of the cage and at least a second side representing a length of the cage. The cage includes fixation holes and inserter holes, with each fixation hole being config...