US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on July 14 for "3D printed metal corpectomy device with structural and endplate lattice structures" (Mississippi, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,291, issued on July 14, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"3D printed metal corpectomy device with structural and endplate lattice structures" was invented by Keith E. Miller (Oxford, Miss.) and Julien J. Prevost (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A corpectomy implant device having a solid portion, structural volume and porous end plates configured is disclosed. In some embodiments, the corpectomy device comprises a stochastic lattice structure in the structural volume of the device to reduce stiffness and improve radiolucency. In some embodiments, the porous endplates comprise a lattice configured to...