US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Dec. 9 for "Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices and methods" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,084, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices and methods" was invented by Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Tyler Hessler (Phoenixville, Pa.), Albert Hill (Richboro, Pa.) and Myles Sullivan (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. An implant for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra may include a first member and a second member moveably connected to the first member. The implant may have a first, initial insertion orientation...