US Patent Issued to Warsaw Orthopedic on Sept. 15 for "Breakaway endplate portions for implant revision" (Tennessee, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,039, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Warsaw Orthopedic Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Breakaway endplate portions for implant revision" was invented by Jonathan M. Dewey (Memphis, Tenn.), Julien J. Prevost (Memphis, Tenn.) and Richard A. Hynes (Melbourne Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interbody spinal cage comprising: a body portion comprising a superior side, an inferior side and at least one lateral side connecting the superior side and the inferior side; and at least one endplate portion coupled to the superior side or the inferior side of the body portion, the at least one endplate portion comprising a unibody structur...