US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on March 17 for "Locking coupler device for spine alignment" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,861, issued on March 17, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Locking coupler device for spine alignment" was invented by Kurt Faulhaber (Cape Coral, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to an apparatus for aligning vertebrae of a curved spine that may include a coupler having a longitudinal axis, a proximal end, and a distal end, wherein the proximal end comprises first threads, wherein the distal end comprises a mating surface for disposition around a rod attached to a spinal column, and wherein the coupler applies a compressive clamping force to the rod. The apparatus further may include a ...