US Patent Issued to Globus Medical on Sept. 8 for "Dynamic reference base for robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,894, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Globus Medical Inc. (Audubon, Pa.).

"Dynamic reference base for robotic-assisted total hip arthroplasty" was invented by Israel Oluwasakin (Dresher, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dynamic reference base (DRB) and associated method are provided for rigidly affixing an array frame to bone for use in navigated or robotic surgery. The DRB includes a bridge element that includes a connecting rod having a distal end and a proximal end; a clamp coupled to the distal end of the connecting rod; a first and a second pin guide extending distally from the clamp; a locking nut disposed on the clamp; a...