US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Dec. 23 for "Device and method for deployment of an anchoring device for intervertebral spinal fusion" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,284, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Device and method for deployment of an anchoring device for intervertebral spinal fusion" was invented by Michael Ashleigh (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Derek Martzall (Sinking Spring, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and methods for intervertebral spinal fusion of adjacent intervertebral bodies. An intervertebral spacer is positioned within a narrow disc space between adjacent intervertebral bodies of a patient. The spacer is arranged with upper and lower guides. The guides are adapted to simultaneously guide the deployment of upper and lower anchors o...