US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Sept. 9 for "Plate inserter system and method" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,959, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Plate inserter system and method" was invented by Mohammed Khan (Saddle River, N.J.), Colm McLaughlin (Glenside, Pa.) and Julia Gambogi (Eagleville, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inserter assembly for a spinal plate which includes a fastener hole for receiving a bone screw. The assembly includes an awl, and a shaft having a lumen for receiving the awl and a distal tip. A collar has a central hole for receiving the awl. A distal collar tip is adapted to be inserted into the fastener hole. An interior curved surface of the collar receives the distal ...