US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on April 29 for "Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,194, issued on April 29, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof" was invented by Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device may include a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion. The implantable device may further include an actuator assembly disposed in the barrel, and a central screw that extends from a rear ramped actuator through a front ramped actuator. The implantable device may further include a first plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the first plate. The implantable device...