US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Aug. 4 for "Zero profile small stature pedicle screw assembly and associated method of use" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,145, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Zero profile small stature pedicle screw assembly and associated method of use" was invented by David Leff (Philadelphia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedicle screw assembly that includes at least one head fixation assembly having an upper body and a lower body with an opening in a bottom portion of the lower body, at least one bone screw positioned between the upper body and the lower body of the head fixation assembly and extends outward from the opening in the bottom portion of the lower body, at least one lateral interconnecting member to stabilize at l...