ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,776, issued on March 11, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Method and apparatus for inserting a bone plate" was invented by Olivia Schuler (Levittown, Pa.), Gabrielle Zingalis (Philadelphia), Evan Langdale (Philadelphia) and Peter Evans (Lafayette Hill, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for locking a drill guide into a polyaxial hole while maintaining the form and function of the polyaxial hole are provided herein. In some embodiments, the drill guide includes a hollow outer body extending from a proximal end to a distal end and having a slot disposed proximate the proximate end, whe...