ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,863, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Methods and apparatus for performing spine surgery" was invented by Luiz Pimenta (Sao Paulo), Andrew Morris (San Diego), Brian Snider (San Diego) and Michael Serra (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for correcting sagittal imbalance in a spine including instruments for performing the controlled release of the anterior longitudinal ligament through a lateral access corridor and hyper-lordotic lateral implants."
The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2022, under Application No. 17/647,226.
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