US Patent Issued on Oct. 7 for "Physeal tethering device with non-invasive unlocking apparatus for cessation of guided growth modulation" (Delaware, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,648, issued on Oct. 7.

"Physeal tethering device with non-invasive unlocking apparatus for cessation of guided growth modulation" was invented by Jason James Howard (Wilmington, Del.) and Christopher Kennedy (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a system for guided growth where the implanted physeal tether device can be unlocked using a non-invasive, transcutaneous technique. In one embodiment, a guided growth implant device, consisting of at least two locked pieces at time of surgical implant, can be non-surgically unlocked in-situ, thus halting the guided growth process on demand with...