US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Jan. 28 for "Expandable inter vertebral implant and instruments for installing the same" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,017, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable inter vertebral implant and instruments for installing the same" was invented by Colm McLaughlin (Glenside, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implant including first and second end plates, each of which defines at least one anterior ramped surface and at least one posterior ramped surface. A posterior actuator is positioned between the first and second end plates and has guiding ramp surfaces which correspond with the posterior ramped surfaces. An anterior actuator is positioned between the first and second end plates and guiding ramp surfaces...