US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Sept. 22 for "Extramedullary device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,813, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Extramedullary device" was invented by Jorge Lopez Camacho (Oxnard, Calif.), Shawn Placie (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Nathan Meyer (Vista, Calif.), Emmon Chen (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Gabriel Buenviaje (Laguna Hills, Calif.) and Woong Kim (Fresno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the disclosure relates to an extramedullary biocompatible implant for moving bone in a patient's body. In some cases, the implant includes: a first plate configured to be attached to bone at a first location; a second plate configured to be attached to bone at a second...