US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Aug. 25 for "Automated robotic rod bender" (Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,142, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Automated robotic rod bender" was invented by Douglas Mandell (Wakefield, Mass.), David C. Paul (Phoenixville, Pa.), Norbert Johnson (North Andover, Mass.), David Cleary (Dracut, Mass.) and Danielle Reinhard (Lafayette Hill, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Instruments, systems, and methods for automated rod bending. The automatic rod bending system integrates seamlessly with a multi-arm surgical robotic system. A powered holding end effector may be coupled to a first surgical arm and a powered bending end effector may be coupled to a second surgical arm o...