US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Jan. 27 for "Bi-directional disk removal and decortication tool" (Michigan, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,143, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Bi-directional disk removal and decortication tool" was invented by Peter L. Bono (Bingham Farms, Mich.), James D. Lark (King of Prussia, Pa.), John S. Scales (Clinton Township, Mich.) and Anthony J. Ruhala (Almont, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cutting tool for surgical procedures suitable for bi-directional cutting and removal of soft and hard tissues. The cutting tool includes a substantially rigid shaft having a shaped end portion. The shaped end portion includes a plurality of shaped talons. Each talon has a body bent to retain tissue and has a...