US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Jan. 13 for "Fixators for bone stabilization and associated systems and methods" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,148, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Fixators for bone stabilization and associated systems and methods" was invented by David Machamer (Glen Mills, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates generally to ring fixators and associated systems and methods. In some embodiments, for example, a ring fixator assembly comprises a ring configured to surround a fractured bone, a retention device disposed at a first position on the ring, and a tensioner clamp disposed at a second position on the ring. A wire extends between the retention device and the tensioner clamp. The tensione...