US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Aug. 26 for "Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,763, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof" was invented by Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia), Darren Clutter (Barto, Pa.) and Robert Rightler (Pennsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable device may comprise a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion. The barrel may be configured to transition from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height. The implantable device may further include an actuator assembly disposed...