US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on June 2 for "Expandable intervertebral fusion devices and methods of installation thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,670, issued on June 2, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable intervertebral fusion devices and methods of installation thereof" was invented by Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.) and Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein are generally directed to spinal implants, systems, apparatuses, and components thereof that can be used in spinal fusion and/or stabilization procedures, as well as methods of installation. The spinal implants may be expandable. In some embodiments, the spinal implants may be configured to be backfilled with bone graft material after insertion."

The paten...