ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,848, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Anterior cervical plate assembly" was invented by Daniel Wolfe (Quakertown, Pa.) and Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cervical plate assembly is disclosed. The cervical plate assembly includes a base plate including: (1) at least two bone screw seats, each bone screw seat including a borehole dimensioned to receive a bone screw, and (2) a first blocking seat positioned between the at least two bone screw seats. The cervical plate assembly includes a blocking mechanism retained within the first blocking seat of the base plate. T...