US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Feb. 10 for "Apparatus and method for removing circular trackers attached to a tracking array" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,146, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Apparatus and method for removing circular trackers attached to a tracking array" was invented by Timothy J. Blackwell (Ft. Pierce, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool for removing circular trackers attached to tracking array posts. The tool includes a tubular body and a driver tube sized to be received in the tubular body. The distal portion of the tubular body and driver tube has respective first and second apertures that are circumferentially partially open in a lateral direction for receiving the circular tracker. The two apertures cooperate with ...