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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Aditya Ingalhalikar, Bryn Mawr, PA (US);
Jason Zappacosta, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Lee Boyer, II, Phoenixville, PA (US);
David C. Paul, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Daniel Laskowitz, Lancaster, PA (US);
Jason Cianfrani, East Norriton, PA (US);
William E. Duffield, Collegeville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Globus Medical Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7065 (2013.01); A61B 17/7068 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates to a device for positioning and immobilizing at least two adjacent vertebrae. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the present disclosure relates to spinous process fusion devices that distract and immobilize the spinous processes of adjacent vertebrae.