ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,901, issued on Nov. 18.
"Haptic based system for bone gap measurement and distraction" was invented by Vivek Mohan (Corona del Mar, Calif.) and Robert S. Namba (Corona del Mar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an instrument assembly that is expandable in steps for providing precise measurement of bone gap and distraction of bone in a controlled manner. It discloses a tool performing expandable Bi-Surface Mechanism to expand a bi-compartmental structure. The disclosed system is equipped with two active surfaces (Bottom base and a top plate) between which a force is applied to move the surfaces in re...