US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Oct. 20 for "Expandable fusion implant and related methods" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,007, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Expandable fusion implant and related methods" was invented by Christopher Stein (Fallbrook, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An expandable spinal fusion implant including first and second endplates coupled to an expansion member that sits within a housing. The expansion member is translated by a drive mechanism, whereby translation of the expansion member by the drive mechanism in a distal and proximal directions causes the distance between the endplates to increase and decrease, respectively."

The patent was filed on May 12, 2025, under Application N...