US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on March 18 for "Surface treated medical implant devices" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,322, issued on March 18, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Surface treated medical implant devices" was invented by Mark Miccio (Lynbrook, N.Y.) and Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical implant having a surface treatment which contains primary cavities and secondary cavities. The primary cavities are larger than the secondary cavities and the primary cavities have an average length ranging from 20-500 micrometers. The surface treatment includes recasted material adjacent to a plurality of the primary cavities."

The patent was filed on Dec. 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/533,...