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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Globus Medical, Inc., Audubon, PA (US);
Inventors:
Joshua Charest, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Michael Meccariello, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Francis Torrente, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Derrick Bingaman, Collegeville, PA (US);
Jeffrey David Gordon, Phoenixville, 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); A61B 17/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/7014 (2013.01); A61B 17/7004 (2013.01); A61B 17/7016 (2013.01); A61B 17/7017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00991 (2013.01); A61B 17/66 (2013.01);
Abstract
An implantable growing rod assembly adapted to be secured along a length of a spine for treating deformities of the spine. The assembly includes a housing, a fixed rod extending along a longitudinal axis away from the housing, and an expansion rod extendible from the housing along the longitudinal axis. A driver assembly is fixed to the housing and adapted to translate the expansion rod along the longitudinal axis.