US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on May 13 for "Spinal anchoring system" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,622, issued on May 13, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Spinal anchoring system" was invented by Kurt Faulhaber (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anchoring system for implanting in bone, the system comprising a first coupling assembly having a first clamp and a first coupling body that receives and holds a first stabilization element; a second coupling assembly that receives and holds a second stabilization element; and a plate that attaches to the first coupling assembly and the second coupling assembly, wherein the first coupling assembly attaches to a bone fastener, and wherein the first coupling...