ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,236, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Tyler Hessler (Phoenixville, Pa.), Alex Burkhardt (Akron, Pa.) and Todd Jasinski (West Chester, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Expandable fusion devices capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. The expandable fusion device may include first and second endplates, a translation member configured to expand an anterior side and/or posterior side of the device, a plurality of joists configured to connect the first and second endplates to ...