ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,759, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable intervertebral spacer" was invented by Kurt Faulhaber (Renton, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer for separating bones of a joint, the spacer includes a first endplate configured to engage a first bone of the joint; a second endplate configured to engage a second bone of the joint; and an actuation subassembly comprising a drive nut, a drive screw coupled to the drive nut, and a cam frame coupled to the drive screw, wherein the cam frame is disposed between the first endplate and the second endplate, wherein the cam frame comprises a prox...