ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,231, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).
"Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation" was invented by Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Myles Sullivan (Philadelphia), Carly Taubenkraut (Perkasie, Pa.), Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.) and Corbett McLaughlin (Bryn Mawr, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pedicle-based intradiscal fixation devices, systems, instruments, and methods thereof. A pedicle-based intradiscal implant for stabilizing an inferior vertebra and a superior vertebra may include a bendable rod configured to engage bone, a bone fastener defining a channel for receiving the bendable rod, and a lock...