ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,859, issued on May 27, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Intervertebral spinal implant" was invented by Mark Miccio (Lynbrook, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral space between vertebrae. The implant includes a body extending from an upper surface to a lower surface. The body has a front end, a rear end and a pair of spaced apart first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls such that an interior chamber is defined within the front and rear ends and the first and second walls. The body defines an outer perimeter and an inner pe...