ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,566, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Octagon Spine Inc. (Seattle).
"Expandable intevertebral cage" was invented by Omar Fernando Jimenez (Seattle) and Yefim I. Safris (Golden Valley, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems and methods for intervertebral body fusion that provide more robust support within the disc space. Intervertebral body fusion devices can have a unitary monolithic body including a plurality of body segments interconnected with each other by flexure members. Devices can be configured to be inserted through an opening in a compressed configuration and then expanded within the disc space ...