US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on May 13 for "Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices and methods" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,859, issued on May 13, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices and methods" was invented by Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Tyler Hessler (Phoenixville, Pa.), Albert Hill (Richboro, Pa.) and Myles Sullivan (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. The implant or a portion thereof may be composed of a shape-memory material, which has a curved shape-memory orientation and a temporarily straight orientation. The implant may be configured to be inserted into a pedi...