US Patent Issued to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC on Sept. 29 for "Expandable cervical interbody and instruments thereof" (Tennessee, California, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,129, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC Inc. (Warsaw, Ind.).

"Expandable cervical interbody and instruments thereof" was invented by Stanley Kyle Hayes (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Darren L. Davis (Knoxville, Tenn.), Patrick Ryan Keene (Youngsville, N.C.), Cristian A. Capote (Memphis, Tenn.), John A. Hall (Germantown, Tenn.) and Robert M. Loke (Memphis, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including an implant and a tool for inserting and expanding the medical implant and locking the implant in place is disclosed. The medical implant may include an expandable body defined by a superior endplate and an inferio...