US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Nov. 25 for "Stabilizing vertebrae with articulating implants" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,480, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Stabilizing vertebrae with articulating implants" was invented by Mark Weiman (Downingtown, Pa.), Chad Glerum (Pennsburg, Pa.), Ty Hessler (Phoenixville, Pa.) and Albert Hill (Richboro, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone joint spacer has two endplates which have a bone engaging surface on one side, and ramps extending from an opposite side. A shaft has a threaded end, and another end which has ramp followers which mate with the endplate ramps of both endplates. A collar slides over the threaded end of the shaft, and also has ramp followers which mate ...