ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,898, issued on July 28, was assigned to SC MEDICA (Strasbourg, France).
"Implant device for a facet joint and method for fusing the facet joint" was invented by Robin Srour (Strasbourg, France) and Camille Srour (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant device for a facet joint includes a wedge portion and an anchor portion. The anchor portion is made integral with the wedge portion so as to form a central opening. The anchor portion includes a first face, a second face, and a lateral rim so as to form a rectangular prism portion. The first face is on a first longest and widest side of the rectangular prism portion. The second...