ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,885, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Carlsmed Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"System for modeling patient spinal changes" was invented by Niall Patrick Casey (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Rodrigo Junqueira Nicolau (Cardiff, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for modeling anatomical changes in a patient after installation of a patient-specific implant are disclosed. The system can model changes to a thoracic spine based on changes to the lumbar spine in a patient. The system can calculate and display reciprocal changes to nearby anatomy due to correction of index anatomy. For example, the system models the anatomical chan...