ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,228, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Tyler Hessler (Phoenixville, Pa.), Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Adam Friedrich (Cinnaminson, N.J.), Alex Burkhardt (Akron, Pa.), Jason Zappacosta (Philadelphia), Kevin Gahman (Douglassville, Pa.), Matthew Hansell (Schwenksville, Pa.), Andrew Iott (Newtown Square, Pa.), Hilliary Kopp (Virginia Beach, Va.), Jeff Nichols (Media, Pa.), Joel Cryder (Warrington, Pa.), Edward Karpowicz (Sewell, N.J.) and John Matthews (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides ...