ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,811, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"TLIF distraction and retraction" was invented by Jared Gelber (Philadelphia), Damien Kahmer (Warrington, Pa.), Robert Ryan (Middletown, Pa.) and Michael Webster (Paramus, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Distractor and retractor systems and methods of using the same. A pedicle-based distractor assembly may include a base supporting a distraction rack, a pair of moveable arms coupled to the distraction rack, a connector at the end of each arm, each connector having a through-opening, and a pair of distractor elements each configured to attach to a pedicle ...