ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,314, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Elastic member clamps" was invented by Rory Palmer (Spring City, Pa.), Basil Tharu (Philadelphia), Aditya Muzumdar (King of Prussia, Pa.), Aditya Ingalhalikar (Pune, India) and Alexis Opp (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application generally relates to orthopedic stabilization systems, and in particular, to systems including clamps. The clamps can be used in addition to or to replace hooks that grasp onto bone members, such as the lamina. One example of such a clamp is an in-line clamp that includes a central opening for receivi...