US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on May 27 for "Expandable intramedullary systems and methods of using the same" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,637, issued on May 27, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable intramedullary systems and methods of using the same" was invented by David Jansen (Glenmoore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intramedullary systems, expandable intramedullary nails, expandable anchors, and methods of using the same. The intramedullary system may include an expandable intramedullary nail configured to extend into an intramedullary canal of a long bone and/or one or more expandable anchors configured to extend at an angle transverse to the intramedullary nail. The intramedullary nails and/or anchors may include one or more integ...