ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,971, issued on April 22, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Angling inserter tool for expandable vertebral implant" was invented by James Himmelberger (Souderton, Pa.), Colm McLaughlin (Glenside, Pa.) and Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method of inserting an implant comprising providing an expandable vertebral implant. The method further may comprise providing an angling inserter tool. The angling inserter tool comprises a handle portion, a base portion, and a tip assembly, the base portion being disposed between the handle portion and the tip assembly....