US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on April 15 for "Interlaminar lumbar interbody fusion system and associated robotic systems" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,627, issued on April 15, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Interlaminar lumbar interbody fusion system and associated robotic systems" was invented by Myles Sullivan (Philadelphia), Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Carly Taubenkraut (Perkasie, Pa.) and Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Orthopedic implants, systems, instruments, and methods. A bi-portal lumbar interbody fusion system may include an expandable interbody implant and minimally invasive pedicle-based intradiscal fixation implants. The interbody and intradiscal implants may be installed with intelligent instrumentation capable of r...