ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,050, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Spectrum Spine IP Holdings LLC (Inlet Beach, Fla.).

"Methods of providing enhanced bone growth surfaces on an implant device" was invented by James C. Robinson (Inlet Beach, Fla.) and Timothy Ganey (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant device configured to be at least partially in contact with bone on implantation has an improved osteoinductive feature to enhance new bone formation. The implant device has one or more bone growth surfaces extending from a structurally solid feature of the implant device. The one or more bone growth surfaces are configured to mimic adult trabecular...