ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,282, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof" was invented by Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Kevin Gahman (Douglassville, Pa.), Jody L. Seifert (Birdsboro, Pa.) and Andrew Iott (Newtown Square, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a se...