ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,339, issued on May 20, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Retracting tissue" was invented by Adam Friedrich (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Matthew Bechtel (Philadelphia), Varun Ponmudi (Scotch Plains, N.J.), Daniel Wolfe (Quakertown, Pa.) and Hilliary Kopp (Virginia Beach, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Surgical retractors and methods thereof for retracting body tissue in a therapeutic procedure. The surgical retractor may include retractor blades have openings or channels configured to receive bone pins while maintaining accessibility and visibility of the operative window."
The patent wa...