ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,805, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Implantable compression screws" was invented by James A. Gault (Philadelphia) and Barclay Davis (Glenmoore, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression screw for applying compression at a bone joint. The compression screw includes an axial screw body extending from a distal end to a proximal end with the distal end including a series of bone engaging threads configured to be self-drilling and self-tapping and the proximal end including a head which defines a radially extending shoulder. At least one proximal rotary cutting structure is defined proxima...