ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,128, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Dual locking polyaxial screw head" was invented by David Leff (Philadelphia), John LaColla (West Chester, Pa.), David Peretz (Wynnewood, Pa.), Matthew Bechtel (Philadelphia), Darren Clutter (Barto, Pa.) and Adam Friedrich (Cinnaminson, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices for securing a spinal rod are provided. A clamp assembly may include a tulip comprising a first opening and a second opening, wherein an inner surface of the first opening comprises threads; a saddle movably disposed within the tulip between the first and second...