ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,474, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Rod to rod connector implant" was invented by Alexandru Balus (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rod-to-rod connector implant is disclosed herein, the rod-to-rod connector implant being configured for joining a first rod and a second rod in a spinal fixation procedure. In various embodiments, disclosed herein are the rod-to-rod connector implant; a spinal fixation system comprising such a rod-to-rod connector implant, a first rod, and a second rod to be joined or coupled to the first rod by the connector implant; a method of inserting a rod-to-rod c...