ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,860, issued on May 27, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Andrew Iott (Newtown Square, Pa.) and Mark Adams (Downingtown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endp...