ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,410, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Revision connectors, systems and methods thereof" was invented by Patrick Murray (Collegeville, Pa.), Aditya Muzumdar (King of Prussia, Pa.) and Andrew Iott (Newtown Square, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connector assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. A connector has a first end that clamps to a first rod in an existing construct and a second end, connected to the first end, that clamps to a second rod in a new construct such that the new construct can be extended from the existing construct at an adjacent level as the existing construct."
The pate...