Patents Assigned to Globus Medical, Inc.
  • Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof
    Patent number: 11660127
    Abstract: An implantable device may include a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion. The implantable device may further include an actuator assembly disposed in the barrel, and a central screw that extends from a rear ramped actuator through a front ramped actuator. The implantable device may further include a first plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the first plate. The implantable device may further include a second plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the second plate, the second plate configured to be received on the central screw. The barrel may be configured to transition from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Zappacosta
  • Spinous process fixation system and mehtods thereof
    Patent number: 11653958
    Abstract: An implantable device may include a barrel, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion. The implantable device may further include an actuator assembly disposed in the barrel, and a central screw that extends from a rear ramped actuator through a front ramped actuator. The implantable device may further include a first plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the first plate. The implantable device may further include a second plate having multiple projections extending from one side of the second plate, the second plate configured to be received on the central screw. The barrel may be configured to transition from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Zappacosta
  • Interbody fusion devices with self-affixing mechanisms
    Patent number: 11642228
    Abstract: Interbody fusion devices including deployable fixation members. The implant may include a spacer, optionally, an end member coupled to the spacer, and one or more fixation members configured to extend into adjacent vertebrae. The fixation members may include screws, nails, shims, tangs, spikes, staples, pins, blades, fins, or the like, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Don Reed, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Jeff Nichols, Brandon Preske, Mark Fromhold, Colm McLaughlin, Mark Adams, Brian Garvey
  • Expandable interspinous process fixation device
    Patent number: 11642230
    Abstract: An expandable interspinous process fixation system capable of restoring spinal stability and facilitating fusion. In one embodiment, the expandable interspinous process fixation system includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the central ramp capable of being moved in a first direction to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. Each endplate supporting fixed and/or adjustable spinous process engaging plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Hilliary Kopp
  • Spine surgery device and method
    Patent number: 11638598
    Abstract: A surgical connector useful to link spine rods together. The connector may be used adjacent a pair of mounting screws in one vertebra to limit movement between the screws or may be used to apply a lateral force to a portion of the spine to change curvature. A method of performing spinal surgery is also provided to reinforce a patient's spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Marshall E. Stauber
  • Implantable compression screws
    Patent number: 11638600
    Abstract: A compression screw for applying compression at a bone joint. The compression screw includes an axial screw body extending from a distal end to a proximal end with the distal end including a series of bone engaging threads configured to be self-drilling and self-tapping and the proximal end including a head which defines a radially extending shoulder. At least one proximal rotary cutting structure is defined proximally of the bone engaging threads. The at least one proximal rotary cutting structure is configured to be self-drilling such that a proximal portion of the axial screw body cuts into and advances within a bone of the bone joint as the axial screw body is advanced. A method of inserting the compression screw is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Gault, Barclay Davis
  • Fenestrated pedicle nail
    Patent number: 11633219
    Abstract: Embodiments are directed to spinal treatments and, more particularly, to a fenestrated pedicle nail, wherein the pedicle nail performs as an anchored system for pedicle instrument constructs that prevents fracturing from over-compressing of bone of poor quality. Embodiments include a pedicle nail comprising a shank and a nail head. The shank may comprise a proximal end and a distal bone engagement end. The nail head may be disposable on the proximal end of the shank, wherein the nail head may threadably engage the proximal end thereof. The nail head may have external bone threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt Faulhaber
  • Smart and autonomous growing rod for treating spinal deformities
    Patent number: 11627994
    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. Examples of the implantable growing rod assembly include a smart growing system, and an autonomous growing rod system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew McClelland, Jeff Nichols
  • Expandable intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 11628068
    Abstract: An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Gray, Daniel Davenport, Chad Glerum, Duncan Sibson, Jason Pastor, Derek Martzall
  • Surgical tool systems and methods
    Patent number: 11628039
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a surgical robot system may include an end-effector element configured for controlled movement and positioning and tracking of surgical instruments and objects relative to an image of a patient's anatomical structure. In some embodiments the end-effector and instruments may be tracked by surgical robot system and displayed to a user. In some embodiments, tracking of a target anatomical structure and objects, both in a navigation space and an image space, may be provided by a dynamic reference base located at a position away from the target anatomical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Neil R. Crawford, Chris Major, Michael Bartelme, Nobert Johnson, Stephen Cicchini
  • Robotic navigational system for interbody implants
    Patent number: 11628023
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for a robot-assisted surgery. Navigable instrumentation, which are capable of being navigated by a surgeon using the surgical robot system, and navigation software allow for the navigated placement of interbody fusion devices or other surgical devices. The interbody implant navigation may involve navigation of access instruments (e.g., dilators, retractors, ports), disc preparation instruments, trials, and inserters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Paden Troxell, Kyle Van Leer, Stephen Cicchini, Neil R. Crawford, Andrew Berkowitz, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth, Ryan Decker, Eric Studley, James Cascarano, Dana Wisniewski, Hayden Cameron, Mir Hussain, Sanjay M. Joshi
  • Screw tower and rod reduction tool
    Patent number: 11622794
    Abstract: A system includes a screw tower, an instrument, and a housing. The instrument includes a driver shaft extendable longitudinally through the screw tower, and a threaded sleeve mounted on a proximal portion of the driver shaft. The housing includes one or more retention members coupleable to the screw tower, and a threaded button threadably coupleable to the threaded sleeve. The threaded sleeve is rotatable about a longitudinal axis to urge the driver shaft longitudinally relative to the screw tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Bechtel, Caelan Allen, Neil R. Crawford, Thomas Calloway, Steven Chang, Norbert Johnson, Jeffrey Forsyth
  • Proximal humeral stabilization system
    Patent number: 11617606
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for bone stabilization, especially proximal humeral stabilization. The stabilization system may include a bone plate having an elongated portion extending along a longitudinal axis and an enlarged head portion extending from the elongated portion. The stabilization system may include an intramedullary nail having an upper portion and a lower portion extending from the upper portion, the upper portion and the lower portion including a plurality of holes. A plurality of fasteners may be configured to extend through one or more of the plurality of through holes in the bone plate and/or one or more of the plurality of holes in the intramedullary nail and into the bone. The plate and nail may each be used alone or in combination together to stabilize a fracture in a long bone, such as a humerus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Langdale, David R. Jansen, Malcolm Smith, Andrew Davison, Stephanie Wolfe, Henry C. Rutledge, Thomas Shinn, Barclay Davis
  • Posterior lumbar plate
    Patent number: 11617601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to stable fixation of spine segments, allowing for fusion in, e.g., skeletally mature patients. More particularly, the invention relates to a bone fixation device that can be affixed to vertebrae of a spine to provide reduction (or enlargement) capabilities and allow for fixation in the treatment of various conditions, including, e.g., spondyloslisthesis, degenerative disc disease, fracture, dislocation, spinal tumor, failed previous fusion, and the like, in the spine. The invention also relates to a method for delivering and implanting the bone fixation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Brad Juchno, Kurt Faulhaber
  • Intervertebral spinal implant
    Patent number: 11612494
    Abstract: An intervertebral implant for implantation in an intervertebral space between vertebrae. The implant includes a body extending from an upper surface to a lower surface. The body has a front end, a rear end and a pair of spaced apart first and second side walls extending between the front and rear walls such that an interior chamber is defined within the front and rear ends and the first and second walls. The body defines an outer perimeter and an inner perimeter extending about the internal chamber. At least one of the side walls is defined by a solid support structure and an integral porous structure, the porous structure extending from the outer perimeter to the inner perimeter. The porous structure embeds or encapsulates at least a portion of the solid support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Rena Mazur, Brian Flint
  • Revision connectors, systems, and methods thereof
    Patent number: 11612418
    Abstract: Connector assemblies, systems, and methods thereof. One or more modular connectors has a first portion that clamps to a first rod in an existing construct and a second portion that clamps to a second rod in a new construct such that the new construct can be extended from the existing construct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Murray
  • Stabilization systems
    Patent number: 11612422
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods of bone stabilization. The bone stabilization system includes a bone plate having an upper surface and a lower surface configured to be in contact with bone, the bone plate having an opening extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. The opening is configured to receive a fastener, which may be either a locking fastener or a compression fastener. The locking fastener has a threaded head portion configured to engage and lock to the bone plate, and the compression fastener is configured to dynamically compress the bone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Evan Langdale, Henry Rutledge, James A. Gault, Andrew Davison, Barclay Davis, Kevin Gahman
  • Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof
    Patent number: 11612498
    Abstract: The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. The expandable fusion device may include first and second endplates, a translation member configured to expand an anterior side and/or posterior side of the device, a plurality of joists configured to connect the first and second endplates to the translation member, and first and second actuation members disposed internally to the device such that openings on a back side of the device can be used to expand or compress the anterior side, the posterior side, or both and such openings may also be used to introduce graft material into the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Tyler Hessler, Chad Glerum, Adam Friedrich, Alex Burkhardt, Jason Zappacosta, Kevin Gahman, Matthew Hansell, Andrew Iott, Hilliary Kopp, Jeff Nichols, Joel Cryder, Edward Karpowicz, John Matthews
  • Expandable intervertebral implant
    Patent number: 11612495
    Abstract: A joint spacer for therapeutically maintains separation of bones of a joint. A frame defines a longitudinal axis extending between distal and proximal ends. A carriage is slideably retained within the frame and has at least one ramped surface and a threaded portion. An actuator screw is threadably engaged with the threaded portion, and bears against said frame to cause the carriage to slideably move within the frame when the actuator screw is rotated. A first endplate engages a bone of the joint, and has at least one ramped surface that is mateable with the ramped surface of the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Davenport, Chad Glerum, Mark Weiman, Duncan Sibson, Andrew Iott
  • Modular uniplanar pedicle screw assembly for use with a polyaxial bone fastener
    Patent number: 11607252
    Abstract: A modular uniplanar pedicle screw assembly for use with a polyaxial bone fastener. The modular assembly comprises a uniplanar tulip assembly adapted to be coupled to a head of the polyaxial bone fastener, wherein the uniplanar tulip assembly includes a longitudinal slot. The modular assembly further includes an adapter having a lower portion and an upper portion. The lower portion is sized and shaped to be received in a recess of the bone fastener head. The upper portion extends from the lower portion and is adapted to slide along the longitudinal slot of the uniplanar tulip assembly to allow movement of the uniplanar tulip assembly in a first plane along a direction that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal slot, the longitudinal slot preventing movement of the uniplanar tulip assembly in a second plane lateral to the first plane relative to the bone fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Globus Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: David Leff, Patrick Nolan, Liana Mari, Noah Gross, Khiem Pham, Aditya Ingalhalikar, Kurt Faulhaber