ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,056, issued on July 29, was assigned to 3SPINE Inc. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Devices and methods for altering spinal lateral curvature" was invented by Marc M Peterman (Duxbury, Mass.), Steven C Humphreys (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Scott Hodges (Soldatna, Alaska).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are systems, devices, methods and surgical procedures for altering and/or correcting the alignment of adjacent bones, including bones of the spine."
The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/229,149.
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