US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Oct. 14 for "Dual-shaft implant expansion driver with reversible driver key mechanism and expandable inter vertebral implant system" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,351, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Dual-shaft implant expansion driver with reversible driver key mechanism and expandable inter vertebral implant system" was invented by Brian Flint (Ft. Washington, Pa.) and Colm McLaughlin (Glenside, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surgical driver apparatus includes a housing and an inner driver shaft having a proximal end secured within the housing and a distal end extending out from a first side of the housing. The inner driver shaft is configured to rotate with respect to the housing. The surgical driver apparatus further includes an outer driver sh...