ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,227, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Implants for full constraint of pyramesh T-cage" was invented by Deepika Pamu (District Hyderabad, India), Lakshmi Soujanya Nallamothu (Hyderabad, India), Vidya Sagarika Kandregula (Hyderabad, India), Harika Cattamanchi (Hyderabad, India), Srikanth Ganti (Hyderabad, India) and Subrat Samantray (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-level vertebral implant comprising a biocompatible cage disposed between a first and a second endplate configured to maximize subsidence and bone contact with adjacent vertebrae is disclosed. In some embodiments...