ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,855, issued on May 13, was assigned to Zimmer Biomet Spine Inc. (Westminster, Colo.).
"Interspinous implants" was invented by Justin Taber (Lafayette, Colo.) and Ryan Fredricey (Westminster, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a spinous process implant and associated methods. In one aspect of the disclosure, the implant includes a spacer that is connectable to two extensions. One of the two extensions is connectable to the spacer at a first end and coupled to the spacer by a rotational connection. The other of the two extensions is movably connectable to the second end of the spacer and translatable o...