Blog Tag: Pedicle Screws

Altus Partners, LLC has sued Globus Medical, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.  The lawsuit alleges that Globus Medical’s REVERE® pedicle screws and components infringe U.S. Patent No. 8,162,989, entitled “Orthopedic Rod System,” which issued in 2012.  A figure from the ‘989 Patent is shown below:

According to the ‘989 patent, “[t]he present invention relates to orthopedic implantable devices, related systems, and associated methods of use and, more particularly, to a pedicle screw and rod system and associated method for joining two or more bone segments, such as vertebrae.”  See ‘989 Patent at col. 1, lines 12-16.  The complaint, which also attaches a copy of the asserted patent, is available here.