ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,417, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Headless compression screw driver system" was invented by Bradford H. Rippe (Media, Pa.), Peter Govey (Ardmore, Pa.), James Gault (Philadelphia) and Andrew Davison (Downingtown, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression screw driver system including a drive member having a shaft extending from a proximal end to a distal end. A drive selection member is positioned about the shaft and is axially moveable along the shaft between an engagement position and a disengaged position. A distal portion of the drive selection member defines a first engagement str...