US Patent Issued to Children's Hospital Los Angeles on Feb. 3 for "Pediatric long bone fixation device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,152, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles).

"Pediatric long bone fixation device" was invented by David Skaggs (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for applying a compressive force to a growth plate in a long bone of a pediatric patient. A dynamically compressive bone plate is provided for applying the compressive force to the growth plate of the long bone. By applying compressive force to the growth plate in the long bone, the activity of the growth plate is suppressed, inactivated, or otherwise shut down."

The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2021, under Application No...