ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,244, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.) and Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a ...