ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,612, issued on April 8, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable intervertebral implant" was invented by Daniel Davenport (Collegeville, Pa.) and Duncan Sibson (Malvern, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator...