US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on March 31 for "Expandable fusion device with integrated deployable retention spikes" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,009, issued on March 31, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable fusion device with integrated deployable retention spikes" was invented by Catherine Krawiec (Conshohocken, Pa.), Damien Kahmer (Warrington, Pa.) and George Yacoub (Lansdale, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Expandable fusion devices, systems, and methods. The expandable fusion device includes one or more integrated deployable retention spikes configured to resist expulsion of the device when installed in the intervertebral disc space. The implant may include upper and lower main endplates, an actuator assembly configured to cause an expansion...