ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,583, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BioDynamik Inc. (Lake Forest, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for transport and tissue distraction" was invented by Emmon Johnny Chen (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Shanbao Cheng (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) and Woong Kim (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transport device for increasing biological activity within a patient includes a base including a first end, a second end, an upper surface located between the first end and the second end, and a lower surface located between the first end and the second end, a base anchor configured to statically couple the base to a first portion of a bone ...