US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on June 9 for "Articulating connectors, systems, and methods thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,797, issued on June 9, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Articulating connectors, systems, and methods thereof" was invented by Allen Kim (Philadelphia), Ross Morris (Norristown, Pa.) and Daniel Spangler (Green Lane, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Connector assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. An articulating connector has a first end that clamps to a first rod in an existing construct and a second end having a second end that clamps to a second rod in a new construct or such that the new construct can be extended from the existing construct. In the case of different sized constructs used in different areas...