ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,692, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Compound curve cable chain" was invented by David Cleary (Somerville, Mass.), Norbert Johnson (North Andover, Mass.), Steve Tracy (Litchfield, N.H.) and Kevin Zhang (Medford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments generally relate to routing a bundle of loose cables with a cable chain during a medical procedure. The cable chain comprises split tubing and a plurality of links extending discretely along a length of the split tubing. Each link comprises a housing including an outer surface and an inner surface. The outer surface comprises a magnet and...