US Patent Issued to SG on April 14 for "Tools and implants for lateral disc replacement" (Massachusetts, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,487, issued on April 14, was assigned to SG LLC (Highland Beach, Fla.).

"Tools and implants for lateral disc replacement" was invented by Paul Glazer (Boston) and Michael J. Milella Jr. (Escondido, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a disc replacement implant includes, a first endplate configured to engage a vertebral endplate of a first vertebra adjacent an intervertebral space, a second endplate configured to engage a vertebral endplate of a second vertebra opposite the first end plate in the intervertebral space, a core between the first and second endplates, and an an...