US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Nov. 3 for "Systems and methods for intramedullary nail implantation" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,651, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Systems and methods for intramedullary nail implantation" was invented by Mark Hedgeland (Eagleville, Pa.), Mark Rossney (Downingtown, Pa.) and David R. Jansen (Glenmoore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intramedullary nails, aiming guide assemblies, and methods. The aiming guide assembly can include an aiming guide having a collet and a connection bolt configured to engage a connection bolt driver. The connection bolt may be self-retaining and engage with the connection bolt driver in a manner to prevent unintentional disengagement."

The patent was filed ...