US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on July 21 for "Expandable interspinous process fixation device" (Virginia, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,646, issued on July 21, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable interspinous process fixation device" was invented by Matthew Bechtel (Philadelphia) and Hilliary Kopp (Virginia Beach, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable interspinous process fixation system capable of restoring spinal stability and facilitating fusion. In one embodiment, the expandable interspinous process fixation system includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the central ramp capable of being moved in a first direction to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. E...