ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,655, issued on June 17, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Inter vertebral implants and related methods of use" was invented by Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia), Mark Fromhold (Phoenixville, Pa.), Jason Gray (East Greenville, Pa.), Michael Hunt (Austin, Texas), Chris Saville (Morgantown, Pa.), Robert Rhoads (North Wales, Pa.), Michael Evangelist (Pottstown, Pa.), John Perkins (Pottstown, Pa.) and Nick Padovani (Wynnewood, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of implanting an intervertebral spacer may include positioning the intervertebral spacer within an intervertebral space defined by adjacent vertebral bodi...