US Patent Issued to SeaSpine Orthopedics on March 31 for "Expandable vertebral implant and method" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,006, issued on March 31, was assigned to SeaSpine Orthopedics Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Expandable vertebral implant and method" was invented by Michael Roscoe Harper (Carlsbad, Calif.), Samuel Hunter Hatcher (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Adam James Lipson (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods for assembling an expandable vertebral implant for engagement between vertebrae. The implant may expand/or collapse between a variety of lengths. The implant may include an inner core, an outer core, and/or a middle core such that the inner and outer cores may be moveable relative to each other along an axis. The mi...