ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,230, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Devices and methods for correcting vertebral misalignment" was invented by Marcin Niemiec (Norristown, Pa.), Duncan Sibson (Malvern, Pa.), Adam Friedrich (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Khiem Pham (Chalfont, Pa.), Noah Hansell (King of Prussia, Pa.), Ben Silber (Flemington, N.J.) and Matthew Hansell (Schwenksville, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods of correcting vertebral misalignment, including, e.g., spondylolisthesis, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a vertebral implant may include an assembly configured to be secured to a first vertebral body, w...