US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Aug. 11 for "Growing rod for treating spinal deformities and method for using same" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,449, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Growing rod for treating spinal deformities and method for using same" was invented by Joshua Charest (Philadelphia), Michael Meccariello (Phoenixville, Pa.), Francis Torrente (King of Prussia, Pa.), Derrick Bingaman (Collegeville, Pa.), Jeffrey David Gordon (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Jeff Nichols (Medford, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable growing rod assembly adapted to be secured along a length of a spine for treating deformities of the spine. The assembly includes a housing, a fixed rod extending along a longitudinal axis away from the hous...