ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,857, issued on May 13, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Intervertebral prosthesis" was invented by Yves Arramon (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and David Hovda (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intervertebral prosthesis for insertion between adjacent vertebrae includes an upper plate, a lower plate and a core. The core is retained between the upper and lower plates by a retention feature in the form of central projections on the plates and a corresponding opening in the core. The retention feature is designed to allow the plates to slide over the upper and lower surfaces of the core in the anterior/post...