ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,610, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Biomaterial dispensing device" was invented by Ryan Agard (Royersford, Pa.), Sean Suh (Milltown, N.J.), Damien O'Halloran (Conshohocken, Pa.), Michael Moretti (Pottstown, Pa.), Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.) and Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for dispensing biomaterial includes a handle configured to receive a syringe, the syringe including a biomaterial and a threaded plunger, and an engagement pin retained within the handle and slidable between a first position and a second position. The engagement pin is configured to ...