US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Sept. 30 for "Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,037, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Andrew Iott (Newtown Square, Pa.) and Mark Adams (Downingtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an intervertebral implant. The intervertebral implant may be config...