US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on April 8 for "Systems and methods for intramedullary nail implantation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,430, issued on April 8, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for intramedullary nail implantation" was invented by Mark Hedgeland (Eagleville, Pa.), David Machamer (Glen Mills, Pa.), David R. Jansen (Glenmoore, Pa.), Mark Rossney (Downingtown, Pa.), David J. Rowe (Parkesburg, Pa.) and David Laird (Brandamore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anch...